Cerebral gumma mimicking glioblastoma multiforme

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 300-302

  Ances, Beau M ^a   Danish, Shabbar F ^a   Kolson, Dennis L ^a   Judy, Kevin D ^a   Liebeskind, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma; Gumma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN GUMMA; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS;

EID: 23444441296     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:2:3:300     Document Type: Article

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