Infected or complicated hydatid case mimicking a primary brain tumor

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-

  Turgut, Ahmet Tuncay ^a,b   Turgut, Mehmet ^b  

^a Ankara State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Cumhuriyet Mahallesi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHINOCOCCUS; HYDATID CYST; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036933128     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-002-0205-1     Document Type: Letter

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