Optochiasmatic tuberculoma - Case report and review

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-36

  Kadioglu, H H ^a   Gundogdu, C ^a   Deniz, O ^a   Takci E ^a   Tuzun Y ^a   Aydin, I H ^a,b  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

optic chiasm; optic nerve; tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OPTIC CHIASM; TUBERCULOMA;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC CHIASM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 0030001888     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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