Tuberculous hypertrophic pachymeningitis presenting as visual blurring and headaches

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 966-968

  Tariq, Rukhsana ^a   Ahmed, Rashid ^a  

^a Advanced Radiology Clinic   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cranial; Dura; Hypertrophic; Pachymeningitis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS HYPERTROPHIC CRANIAL PACHYMENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84865848685     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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