Isolated intracerebral cystic echinococcosis. Unusual presentation of a rare disease;Isolierte intrazerebrale zystische echinokokkose. Ungewöhnliche manifestation einer seltenen erkrankung

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 127, Issue 31-32, 2002, Pages 1638-1642

  Nowak, Dennis A ^a   Lucking M O ^a   Bohmer R H ^a   Schreiner, R ^a   Fuchs, H H ^a   Flugel K A ^a  

^a KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATID CYST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0037008830     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33203     Document Type: Article

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