Disseminated intraparenchymal microgranulomas in the brainstem in central nervous system sarcoidosis

Neuropathology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-364

  Nishie, Makoto ^a   Mori, Fumiaki ^a   Suzuki, Chieko ^b   Ogawa, Masaya ^b   Kurahashi, Kozo ^b   Kaimori, Mitsuomi ^b   Wakabayashi, Koichi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem encephalitis; Central nervous system; Granuloma; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISSEMINATED INTRAPARENCHYMAL MICROGRANULOMA; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; LEPTOMENINX; LUNG BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MICROGLIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYMPTOM; BRAIN STEM; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FATALITY; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BRAIN STEM; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SARCOIDOSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 33644817835     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2005.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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