An intraventricular clear cell meningioma revealed by an inflammatory syndrome in a male adult: A case report

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 743-746

  Cassereau, J ^a   Lavigne, C ^a   Michalak Provost, S ^a   Ghali, A ^a   Dubas, F ^a   Fournier, H D ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brain imagery; Edema; Inflammatory syndrome; Interleukin 6; Intraventricular meningioma; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; SYMPTOM; TUMOR CELL;

FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

EID: 46949099322     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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