Metastatic adenocarcinoma masquerading as basal pontine tuberculoma

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-113

  Mak, W ^a   Cheung, R T F ^a   Fan, Y W ^b   Ho, S L ^a  

^a Division of Neurology   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cerebral tuberculoma; Leptomeningeal metastasis; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ADULT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGITIS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PONS; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0032990576     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(99)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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