Skull base inflammatory pseudotumour involving the rhinopharyngeal space

B-ENT

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 239-242

  Ciorba, A ^a   Bovo, R ^a   Borrelli, M ^a   Lombardi, D ^b   Martini, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inflammatory pseudotumour; Rhinopharyngeal space; Skull base

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NASAL BIOPSY; NASOPHARYNX FIBROMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; SKULL BASE;

EID: 58249112320     PISSN: 1781782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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