Hydrocephalus with panventricular enlargement as the primary manifestation of neurosarcoidosis: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tabuchi, Sadaharu ^a,b   Uno, Tetsuji ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurosarcoidosis; Shunt

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NASAL BIOPSY; NON CASEATING GRANULOMA; PANVENTRICULAR ENLARGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 84887870408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-7-240     Document Type: Article

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