Lymphomatosis cerebri: Clinical characteristics, neuroimaging, and pathological findings

Brain Tumor Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-53

  Kitai, Ryuhei ^a   Hashimoto, Norichika ^a   Yamate, Kouji ^a   Ikawa, Masamichi ^a   Yoneda, Makoto ^a   Nakajima, Tsuyoshi ^b   Arishima, Hidetaka ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroaki ^a   Sato, Kazufumi ^a   Kikuta, Ken Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b Department of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Lymphomatosis cerebri; PCNSL

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINSWANGER ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMATOSIS CEREBRI; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; PRION DISEASE; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS MENINGITIS; WHITE MATTER LESION; WHOLE BODY PET; BRAIN TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84860619175     PISSN: 14337398     EISSN: 1861387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10014-011-0064-y     Document Type: Article

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