Neuro-Behcet's disease mimicking multiple brain tumors: Diffusion-weighted MR study and literature review

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 177-181

  Heo, Jae Hyeok ^a   Lee, Soon Tae ^a   Chu, Kon ^a   Kim, Manho ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted image; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuro Behcet disease; Tumefactive lesion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSARTHRIA; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; WEAKNESS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PARIETAL LOBE; PONS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549019934     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.07.029     Document Type: Article

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