MRI findings of intramedullary spinal cryptococcoma

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 64-67

  Gültaşli, Neslihan Zehra ^a   Ercan, Karabekir ^a   Orhun, Sibel ^a   Albayrak, Serdal ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Intramedullary cryptococcomo; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINAL CRYPTOCOCCOMA; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 34249990960     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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