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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Objective & Hypothesis: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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Key Findings & Data: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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Conclusion & Impact: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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⚙️Variables:Domain Parameters
Abstract
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.
Özet
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.
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YÜKSEKOL, İ., EKİZ, K., TAŞAN, Y., HATİPOĞLU, K., ÖZKAN, M., BİLGİÇ, H., DEMİRCİ, N. (2022). Symptomatic intracranial tuberculoma revealed when the patient receiving therapy for miliary tuberculosis: A case report. Tüberküloz ve Toraks, Cilt: 51 - Sayı: 3, 298–302. https://ajindex.com/articles/619310
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