Surgery for intramedullary tuberculoma of the spinal cord: report of 2 cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-74

  Muthukumar, Natarajan ^a   Venkatesh, Govindaraju ^a   Senthilbabu, Suyambu ^a   Rajbaskar, Rajamariappan ^a  

^a MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Intramedullary tuberculoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS SPHINCTER DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TUBERCULOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARAPLEGIA; SEIZURES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33745204637     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.10.024     Document Type: Article

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