Intracranial syphilitic gumma resembling malignant brain tumour

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-310

  Darwish, B S ^a   Fowler, A ^a   Ong, M ^a   Swaminothan, Ashwin ^a   Abraszko, R ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gumma; Syphilis; Syphilitic gumma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRACRANIAL SYPHILITIC GUMMA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 38949127978     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.07.023     Document Type: Article

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