Cerebral tuberculosis mimicking intracranial tumour

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 731-733

  Yanardag, Halil ^a   Uygun, S ^a   Yumuk, V ^a   Caner, M ^b   Canbaz, B ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of General Surgery ^*

Author keywords

Cerebral tuberculoma; Intracerebral mass; Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PTOSIS; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 28844447956     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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