Cerebral alveolar echinoccosis mimicking primary brain tumor

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 420-422

  Senturk, S ^a   Oguz, Kader Karli ^a   Soylemezoglu, F ^a   Inci, S ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CALCINOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; LIVER HYDATID CYST; PATHOLOGY; THALAMUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASITIC INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THALAMIC DISEASES; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645731967     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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