A case of an intracranial tuberculoma, mimicking meningioma, that developed during treatment with anti-tuberculous agents

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 837-841

  Shindo, Atsushi ^a   Honda, Chiho ^b   Baba, Yoshimi ^b  

^a Asada General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intracranial tuberculoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUBERCULOMA;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032831752     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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