Inflammatory pseudotumor of the trigeminal nerve: A neoplastic mimic you do not want to miss

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1941-1943

  Seol, J G ^a   Loevner, Laurie A ^a,b   O'Malley Jr , B W ^b   Grady, M S ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE;

CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71449119766     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1641     Document Type: Article

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