A case of pediatric tumefactive demyelinating lesion misdiagnosed and treated as glioblastoma

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 944-947

  Riva, Daria ^a,b   Chiapparini, Luisa ^a,b   Pollo, Bianca ^a,b   Balestrini, Maria Rosa ^a,b   Massimino, Maura ^a,b   Milani, Nicoletta ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma; Tumefactive demyelination

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL; GLIA CELL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; NECROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARIETAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48449084768     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808315419     Document Type: Article

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