Primary giant granulomatous basal meningitis: An unusual presentation of tuberculosis

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 79-81

  Beşkonakli, Etem ^a,b   Çayli, Süleyman ^a   Turgut, Mustafa ^a   Yalçinlar, Yildiz ^a  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Base of brain; Granulomatous involvement; Meningitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

BIOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0031810150     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050180     Document Type: Article

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