Surgery for expansion of spinal tuberculoma during antituberculous chemotherapy: A case report

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 153-157

  Nomura, Sadahiro ^a   Akimura, Tatsuo ^a   Kitahara, Tetsuhiro ^a   Nogami, Ken Ichiro ^a   Suzuki, Michiyasu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Dexamethasone; Expansion; Paraparesis; Spinal cord; Tuberculoma; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 0034775128     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050411     Document Type: Article

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