Intramedullary spinal tuberculoma: Report of three cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-188

  Li, Hao ^a   You, Chao ^a   Yang, Yongbo ^a   He, Min ^a   Cai, Bowen ^a   Wang, Xiaoshu ^a   Ju, Yan ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antituberculosis treatment; Intramedullary lesions; Surgical treatment; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DETERIORATION; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOMA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 30944465663     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.05.026     Document Type: Article

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