Concurrent syringomyelia and intradural extramedullary tuberculoma as late complications of tuberculous meningitis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1225-1230

  Muthukumar, N ^a   Sureshkumar, V ^a  

^a MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Intradural extramedullary tuberculoma; Laminectomy; Spinal arachnoiditis; Syringomyeliia; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORDOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LANGERHANS CELLS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARAPARESIS; STEROIDS; SYRINGOMYELIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 36049006442     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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