Multiple cerebral tuberculomas presenting with paradoxical expansion: A case report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1075-1079

  Gutoh, K ^a   Nishiura, I ^a   Nagata, N ^a   Yamamoto, A ^a   Kawanishi, M ^a   Handa, H ^a  

^a Takeda General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral tuberculoma; Multiple tuberculoma; Paradoxical expansion; PCR

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOMA;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0035195836     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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