Brain tuberculomas due to miliary tuberculosis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-113

  Akritidis, Nikolaos ^a   Galiatsou, Eftichia ^a   Kakadellis, John ^a   Dimas, Konstantinos ^a   Paparounas, Konstantinos ^a  

^a G HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain tuberculomas; Magnetic resonance imaging; Miliary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; EDEMA; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOMA;

AGED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 12344266745     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000149409.38256.14     Document Type: Article

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