Monofocal large inflammatory demyelinating lesion, mimicking brain glioma

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-299

  Kimura, Noriyuki ^a   Kumamoto, Toshihide ^a   Hanaoka, Takuya ^a   Hasama, Yusuke ^a   Nakamura, Kenichiro ^a   Okazaki, Toshio ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain biopsy; Brain MRI; Glioma; Monofocal demyelinating lesion; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAPSE; TUMOR CELL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTROCYTES; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 60349115023     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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