Neurosarcoidosis which manifested as acute hydrocephalus: Diagnosis and treatment

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1601-1604

  Benzagmout, Mohammed ^a   Boujraf, Saïd ^b   Góngora Rivera, Fernando ^c   Bresson, Damien ^c   Van Effenterre, Rémy ^c  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^b SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hydrocephalus; MRI; Neurosarcoidosis; Shunt; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAL SIGN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 34948853339     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0126     Document Type: Article

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