CT diagnosis of granulomatous mediastinitis due to tuberculosis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-246

  Ödev, Kemal ^a   Özer, Faruk ^a   Ceran, Sami ^a   Karabacakoǧlu, Aydin ^a   Vural, Alaaddin ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

computed tomography (CT), mediastinum; mediastinum, CT; mediastinum, tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 17144432551     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(96)00764-4     Document Type: Article

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