TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical pathological considerations in inflammatory and transmissible diseases of the central nervous system.
AU - Burger, P. C.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - Inflammatory and transmissible disorders of the central nervous system are a heterogeneous group with regard to clinical presentation, character of the histologic lesions, and nature of etiologic agent, if known. The diagnosis of many of these requires an index of suspicion, special histologic or immunohistologic procedures, or electron microscopy. Some also demand cautious handling of potentially infective tissues. The present report reviews the diagnostic considerations for selective inflammatory/transmissible disorders of the central nervous system and outlines procedures used to minimize the chance of accidental transmission of the causative agents.
AB - Inflammatory and transmissible disorders of the central nervous system are a heterogeneous group with regard to clinical presentation, character of the histologic lesions, and nature of etiologic agent, if known. The diagnosis of many of these requires an index of suspicion, special histologic or immunohistologic procedures, or electron microscopy. Some also demand cautious handling of potentially infective tissues. The present report reviews the diagnostic considerations for selective inflammatory/transmissible disorders of the central nervous system and outlines procedures used to minimize the chance of accidental transmission of the causative agents.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000478-198700111-00004
DO - 10.1097/00000478-198700111-00004
M3 - Article
C2 - 3544887
AN - SCOPUS:0023218877
SN - 0147-5185
VL - 11 Suppl 1
SP - 38
EP - 46
JO - The American journal of surgical pathology
JF - The American journal of surgical pathology
ER -