Multiple intracerebral enhanced lesions strongly suspected to be microsporidiosis. A case report

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 645-650

  Okuyama, Hironobu ^a   Kanamori, Masayuki ^a   Watanabe, Mika ^b   Kumabe, Toshihiro ^a   Tominaga, Teiji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Central nervous system; Immunocompetent case; Microsporidiosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; PENTETIC ACID;

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ADULT; AGRAPHIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DYSPHAGIA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS;

EID: 47549115033     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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