Orbital tumor as an initial manifestation of Wegener's granulomatosis in children: A series of four cases

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Chipczyńska, Barbara ^a   Grałek, Mirosława ^a   Hautz, Wojciech ^a   Zegadło Mylik, Maria ^a   Kocyła Karczmarewicz, Beata ^a   Kanigowska, Krystyna ^a   Kȩpa, Beata ^a   Seroczyńska, Małgorzata ^a   Klimczak Śla̧czka, Dorota ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

c ANCA; Children; Diagnosis; Orbital biopsy; Proptosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT TUMOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR BIOPSY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 68449087114     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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