A rapidly enlarging nocardial brain abscess mimicking malignant glioma

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 308-311

  Yamada, Shoko M ^a   Nakai, Eiichi ^a   Toyonaga, Shinichi ^a   Nakabayashi, Hiromichi ^a   Kae, Chang Park ^a   Shimizu, Keiji ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Brain tumor; Glioma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nocardia

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; PANIPENEM PLUS BETAMIPRON; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROSURGERY; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCINTIGRAPHY;

BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 27544448633     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.72.308     Document Type: Article

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