Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with cutaneous and cerebral manifestations: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1111-1114

  Shah, Kiritkumar Chhanalal ^a   Poonnoose, Santosh Isaac ^a   George, Renu ^a   Jacob, Mary ^a   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasm; Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CHLORAMBUCIL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NECROBIOTIC DISORDER; NECROBIOTIC XANTHOGRANULOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NODULE; XANTHOGRANULOMA;

EID: 2442665325     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.100.6.1111     Document Type: Review

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