Diagnosis of Erdheim-Chester disease by using computerized tomography-guided stereotactic biopsy of a caudate lesion: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 521-527

  Tashjian, Vartan ^a   Doppenberg, Egon M R ^a   Lyders, Eric ^a   Broaddus, William C ^a   Pavot, Pierre ^a   Tye, Gary ^a   Liu, Amon Y ^a   Perez, Juan ^a   Ghatak, Nitya ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erdheim Chester disease; Histiocytosis; Stereotactic biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HISTIOCYTE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; LONG BONE; LUNG; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEUM; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SKIN; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 4143099232     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.3.0521     Document Type: Review

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