Why we missed an early diagnosis of cerebral aspergilloma: Lesson from a case

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-265

  Goel, D ^a   Bansal, K K ^a   Gupta, C ^a   Kishor, S ^a   Srivastav, R K ^a   Raghuvanshi, S ^a   Behari, S ^b  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Early diagnosis; Squash smear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 38349026533     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.37821     Document Type: Article

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