Intracranial inflammatory pseudotumor: Report of a rare case

Neuropathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 444-447

  Suri, Vaishali ^a   Shukla, Bhaskar ^a   Garg, Ajay ^a   Singh, Manmohan ^a   Rishi, Arvind ^a   Sharma, Mehar C ^a   Sarkar, Chitra ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

CNS; Inflammatory; Pathology; Pseudotumor

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; IRRITABILITY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PLASMACYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; VOMITING;

BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYCOSES;

EID: 44849142830     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2008.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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