Tuberculous meningitis with pituitary abscess;Méningite tuberculeuse avec abcès hypophysaire

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 188-191

  Chelaifa K ^a   Bouzaidi K ^a   Azaiz O ^a   Ridene I ^a   Messaoud, M Ben ^a   Slim, R ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Abscess; CTscan; MR imaging; Pituitary; Tuberculoma; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ABSCESS; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ABSCESS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY DISEASES; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0038349596     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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