Inflammatory pseudotumor involving the skull base: Response to steroid and radiation therapy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 144-148

  Lee, Dong Kyung ^a   Cho, Yang Sun ^a   Hong, Sung Hwa ^a   Chung, Won Ho ^a   Ahn, Yong Chan ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; RADIATION DOSE; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745403241     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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