Tuberculoma of the cervical spinal canal mimicking en plaque meningioma

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-199

  Mirzai, Hasan ^a,b  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

En plaque meningioma; Spinal canal; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EN PLAQUE MENINGIOMA; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; TUBERCULOMA; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DURA MATER; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUBDURAL SPACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 17044431508     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000164733.32529.73     Document Type: Article

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