Tuberculosis in the head and neck - a forgotten differential diagnosis

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-81

  Vaid, S ^a   Lee, Y Y P ^b   Rawat, S ^a   Luthra, A ^a   Shah, D ^a   Ahuja, A T ^b  

^a Grant Medical Foundation   (India)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LARYNGEAL TUBERCULOSIS; MASTOID; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SKULL BASE; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; THYROID DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 71849088949     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.09.004     Document Type: Review

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