Intramedullary spinal tuberculoma presenting as a conus tumor: A case report and review of the literature

European Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 168-171

  Suzer T ^a   Coskun E ^a   Tahta, K ^a   Bayramoglu H ^a   Duzcan E ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intramedullary spinal tuberculoma; MRI; Spinal cord; Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TUBERCULOMA;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TUBERCULOMA;

EID: 0031947902     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860050050     Document Type: Article

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