Granulomatous meningitis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Loy, S T ^a   Tan, Clement W T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Granulomatous lesions; Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis; Meningeal inflammation; Pachymeningitis; Sarcoidosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXOPHTHALMOS; GRANULOMATOUS MENINGITIS; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC PACHYMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; STEROIDS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 76649113995     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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