Tuberculous granuloma of the clivus

Tuberculous granuloma of the clivus

We report the clinical features of a middle-aged man who presented witli multiple cranial nerve dysfunction and who, on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, proved to have a lesion of the clivus extending down to the body of the axis. Biopsy and limited excision showed this...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of neurosurgery 1993, Vol.7 (5), p.581-582
Hauptverfasser: Selvapandian, S., Chandy, M. J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Clivus
Cranial Fossa, Posterior
Diagnosis, Differential
Granuloma - diagnosis
Granuloma - surgery
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Skull
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
tuberculoma
Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular - diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular - surgery
Tuberculous granuloma
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Zusammenfassung:We report the clinical features of a middle-aged man who presented witli multiple cranial nerve dysfunction and who, on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, proved to have a lesion of the clivus extending down to the body of the axis. Biopsy and limited excision showed this to be a tuberculous granuloma which grew M. tuberculosis on culture.
ISSN:0268-8697
1360-046X
DOI:10.3109/02688699308995084