Incidental bilateral xanthogranuloma of the lateral ventricles at autopsy - A case report

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 647-649

  Moreau, Emilie ^a,b   Lefrancq, Thierry ^c   Saint Martin, Pauline ^a,b  

^a SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c Résidence Le Vauban   (France)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Incidental finding; Neuropathology; Xanthogranuloma

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MEPROBAMATE; TIAPRIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTUSION; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LACERATION; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MACROPHAGE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SKIN BRUISING; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOXICOLOGY; XANTHOGRANULOMA;

CHOROID PLEXUS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; XANTHOGRANULOMA;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHOROID PLEXUS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MIDDLE AGED; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 84885021100     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2013.03.039     Document Type: Article

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