Intracranial tuberculomas mimicking a malignant disease in an immunocompetent patient

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 513-517

  Giese, Alf ^a,b   Kucinski, T ^b   Hagel, C ^b   Lohmann, F ^b,c   Takakura, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c General Hospital Saarbruecken   (Germany)

^d University Hospital Lübeck ^*

Author keywords

Intracranial tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CRANIOTOMY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TUBERCULOMA;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 0037897533     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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