Intracranial foreign body granuloma simulating brain tumor: A case report

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 358-360

  Saeidiborojenia, Hamid Reza ^a   Fakheri, Taravat ^a   Iizadic, Babak ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Craniotomy; Foreign body; Granuloma; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BONE DEFECT; BRAIN FOREIGN BODY; BRAIN MALARIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENINGIOMA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VOMITING;

EID: 79955512932     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: 17357136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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