CT features of tuberculous intracranial abscesses in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-172

  du Plessis, Jaco ^a   Andronikou, Savvas ^a   Wieselthaler, Nicky ^b   Theron, Salomine ^a   George, Reena ^a   Mapukata, Ayanda ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abscess; Brain; Children; CT; Neoplasm; Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 33846236841     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0370-4     Document Type: Article

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