Intramedullary spinal tuberculoma - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 266-268

  Torii, Hiroaki ^a   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Shimizu, Hiroaki ^a   Watanabe, Mika ^b   Tominaga, Teiji ^b  

^a KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intramedullary lesion; Spinal cord; Surgery; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CORDOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAMINECTOMY; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPHINCTER; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STAINING; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOMA;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 3042759710     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.44.266     Document Type: Article

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