Idiopathic intracranial hypertrophic pachymeningitis: Two case reports and review of the literature

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-204

  D'Andrea, Giancarlo ^a,b   Trillò, Giuseppe ^a   Celli, Paolo ^a   Roperto, Raffaelino ^a   Crispo, Francesco ^a   Ferrante, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case report; Dura mater thickening; Idiopathic intracranial hypertrophic pachymeningitis; Literature review

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTROPHIC PACHYMENINGITIS; INFLAMMATION; MENINGIOMA; MENINGITIS; MENINX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 3142656565     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-004-0321-1     Document Type: Review

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