Inflammatory pseudotumor of the cavernous sinus and skull base

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 194-200

  McCall, Todd ^a   Fassett, Daniel R ^a   Lyons, George ^b   Couldwell, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boise Neurological Consultants PLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial neoplasm; Pseudotumor; Skull base

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; STEROID; WARFARIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEUKOCYTE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STEROID THERAPY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CAVERNOUS SINUS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDNISONE; SKULL BASE;

EID: 33747770294     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-006-0017-9     Document Type: Review

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