Solitary tuberculoma of the cerebellopontine angle: A rare presentation

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 120-122

  Sathyanarayana, Satish ^a   Baskaya, Mustafa K ^a   Fowler, Marjorie ^a   Roberts, Richard ^a   Nanda, Anil ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; CNS tuberculosis; CP angle; Solitary tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PONS ANGLE; PONS ANGLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; TUBERCULOMA;

EID: 0037212556     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-5868(02)00269-2     Document Type: Article

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