Intramedullary tuberculoma mimicking primary CNS lymphoma

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1636-1638

  Mohit, A A ^a   Santiago, P ^b   Rostomily, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD BIOPSY; TUBERCULOMA;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, AIDS-RELATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 7244252892     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.029926     Document Type: Article

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