Orbital tuberculoma extending into the cranium

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-139

  Dewan, Taru ^a,b   Sangal, Kartikeya ^a   Premsagar, Ishwar Chand ^a   Vashishth, Shashi ^a  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Optic canal; Orbital tuberculoma; Proptosis

Indexed keywords

STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT; SKULL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORBITAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 33344478371     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090581     Document Type: Article

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