Ghost lesions in patient with cerebral-isolated neurosarcoidosis: A case report

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-20

  Miscusi, M ^a   Polli, F M ^a   Missori, P ^a   Delfini, R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurosarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SARCOIDOSIS;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; SARCOIDOSIS; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 33646559958     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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