Intradural dirofilariasis mimicking a langerhans cell histiocytosis tumor

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 485-487

  Perret Court, Audrey ^a   Coulibaly, Bema ^a   Ranque, Stéphane ^a   Bouvier, Corinne ^a   Lena, Gabriel ^a   Coze, Carole ^a   Verschuur, Arnauld ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria; Dirofilariasis; Dural tumor; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Meninges

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRADURAL DIROFILARIASIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; X RAY;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIROFILARIASIS; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS;

EID: 67651230903     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22114     Document Type: Article

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