Intracranial Tuberculoma with Difficult Preoperative Diagnosis
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Intracranial tuberculoma.
Six patients with cerebral tuberculoma seen over a 2 year period are reported. Their clinical presentations, the result of investigations including radiological findings and their response to medical treatment are discussed and correlated with other reports in the literature. Eighty five percent of the patients were above the age of 30 years. All patients had negative past history of tuberculos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurologia medico-chirurgica
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0470-8105,1349-8029
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.31.991