Paradoxical intracranial tuberculoma requiring surgical treatment

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 201-205

  Bas, N Serdar ^a   Güzey, Feyza Karagöz ^a,b   Emel, Erhan ^a   Alatas, Ibrahim ^a   Sel, Baris ^a  

^a VAKIF GUREBA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Fatma Sultan M   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antituberculous chemotherapy; Paradoxical enlargement of tuberculoma; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALING; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 23844471696     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086562     Document Type: Article

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