İsmail YÜKSEKOL, Kudret EKİZ, Yücel TAŞAN, Kadir HATİPOĞLU, Metin ÖZKAN, Hayati BİLGİÇ, Necmettin DEMİRCİ

Miliyer tüberkülozun tedavisi sırasında ortaya çıkan semptomatik intrakranial tüberküloma: Bir olgu nedeniyle

Akciğer miliyer tüberkülozu nedeniyle anütüberküloz tedavi görmekle iken, kontrastsız beyin bilgisayarlı tomografi ile saptanamayan ancak, beyin manyetik rezonans görüntüleme ile gösterilebilen intrakranial multipl tüberkülomalı 20 yaşında erkek olguyu sunuyoruz.

Symptomatic intracranial tuberculoma revealed when the patient receiving therapy for miliary tuberculosis: A case report

We describe a 20 year old man with miliary tuberculosis of the lung, who was noted to have multipl intracranial tuberculomas on magnetic resonans imaging but not noncontrast head computed tomographic scan receiving antituberculous chemotherapy.

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