Primary cerebral lymphomatoid granulomatosis: Report of four cases and literature review

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-242

  Lucantoni, Corrado ^a   De Bonis, Pasquale ^a   Doglietto, Francesco ^a   Esposito, Giuseppe ^a   Larocca, Luigi M ^a   Mangiola, Annunziato ^a   Martini, Maurizio ^a   Papacci, Fabio ^a   Teofili, Luciana ^a   Pompucci, Angelo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angioimmunoproliferative lesion; Brain; Central nervous system; Epstein Barr virus; Lymphomatoid granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN H; METHOTREXATE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IRRADIATION; LEG PARESTHESIA; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALAISE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; PRIMARY CEREBRAL LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VOMITING; WHOLE BRAIN IRRADIATION;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 68949101618     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-009-9834-3     Document Type: Article

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