Urinary retention revealing a tuberculoma of the conus medullaris in a patient with intracranial tuberculosis: Case report

Spinal Cord

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 630-632

  Dehoux, Eric ^a   Awada, Adnan ^a   Palkar, Vijay ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Conus medullaris; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Spinal cord; Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 0029989902     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.113     Document Type: Article

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