Intracranial tuberculoma with adjacent inflammatory aneurysms

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1174-1176

  Kim, In Young ^a,b   Jung, Shin ^a,b   Jung, Tae Young ^a   Kang, Sam Suk ^a,b   Moon, Kyug Sub ^a,b   Joo, Sung Pil ^b  

^a Gamma Knife Center   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Inflammatory aneurysm; Intracranial tuberculoma; Tuberculosis; Wrapping

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PARIETAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 50549091194     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.08.024     Document Type: Article

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