Sarcoidosis of the pineal gland: An unusual presentation of neurosarcoidosis

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-116

  Yang, Isaac ^a   Delpolyi, Amy ^a   Sughrue, Michael E ^a   Rubenstein, James ^a   Bollen, Andrew W ^a   Parsa, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulomatous; Inflammation; Pineal gland; Pineoblastoma; Sarcoid

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GADOLINIUM; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COORDINATION DISORDER; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NAUSEA; PINEAL BODY; SARCOIDOSIS;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PINEAL GLAND; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57049098038     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9687-1     Document Type: Article

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