Granulocytic sarcoma mimicking HSV encephalitis

Neurologist

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 319-321

  Shah, Reena S ^a   Shin, Robert K ^a   Castellani, Rudy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

central nervous system; chronic leukemic infiltration; encephalitis; herpes simplex; myeloid; myeloid leukemia; sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTARABINE; DASATINIB; HOMOHARRINGTONINE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYUREA; IDARUBICIN; IMATINIB; METHOTREXATE;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL CRISIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIC MENINGITIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SEIZURE; SPLENECTOMY;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SARCOMA, MYELOID;

EID: 77957844752     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181b0be8d     Document Type: Article

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