Inflammatory pseudotumor of nerve: Clinicopathological characteristics and a potential therapy

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-226

  Mauermann, Michelle L ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Spinner, Robert J ^a   Amrami, Kimberly K ^a   Nance, Christopher S ^b   Kline, David G ^c   O'Connor, Mary I ^d   Dyck, Peter J ^a   Engelstad, Janean ^a   Dyck, P James B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

fibrosis; inflammation; mononeuropathy; peripheral neuropathy; pseudotumor

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; HEMOSIDERIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENERVATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NEURITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PERONEAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; REINNERVATION; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VASCULARIZATION; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; STEROIDS;

EID: 78349256213     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2010.00273.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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