A case of intracranial tuberculoma followed by MRI

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-37

  Yonemura, Kiminobu ^a   Teramoto, Hitoo ^a   Honda, Izumi ^a   Hashimoto, Yoichiro ^b   Uchino, Makoto ^c  

^a National Saishunso Hospital

^b KUMAMOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bright central core; Intracranial tuberculoma; MRI; Paradoxical expansion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUBERCULOMA;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RIFAMPIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0031958139     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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