Spinal intramedullary tuberculoma and abscess: A rare cause of paraparesis

Neurology India

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 494-496

  Devi, B Indira ^a   Chandra, S ^a   Mongia, S ^a   Chandramouli, B A ^a   Sastry, K V R ^a   Shankar, Sastry S K ^a  

^a Natl Inst of Mntl Hlth Neurosci   (India)

Author keywords

Intramedullary; Spinal; Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis abscess

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; GIANT CELL; GLIOSIS; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PLASMA CELL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL INTRAMEDULLARY TUBERCULOMA; SPINAL INTRAMEDULLARY TUBERCULOUS ABSCESS; SPINE DISEASE; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PARAPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TUBERCULOMA;

EID: 0037005128     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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