Intracranial inflammatory pseudotumor: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 151-155

  Yavuzer, D ^a   Dalbayrak, S ^b   Oz, B ^a   Yilmaz, M ^b   Akansel, G ^c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Pathology

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 77953296078     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/npp29151     Document Type: Article

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