Multiple tuberculoma involving the brain and spinal cord in a patient with miliary pulmonary tuberculosis

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-39

  Park, Hyun Seok ^a   Song, Young Jin ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spine; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORDOTOMY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINAL CORD TUBERCULOMA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; URINE INCONTINENCE; WEAKNESS;

EID: 57049109325     PISSN: 12258245     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2008.44.1.36     Document Type: Article

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