Acute cerebellitis presenting as tumor: Report of two cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 57-61

  Amador, Nelly ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Giannini, Caterina ^a   Raffel, Corey ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric neurosurgery; Pseudotumor; Tumefactive cerebellitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENINX; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EOSINOPHILS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 34547652991     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED-07/07/057     Document Type: Article

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