Tuberculosis, CNS: Multimedia

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Keywords

tuberculosis of the central nervous system, TB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, cerebral tuberculosis, cerebral granulomas, tuberculomas, tuberculous granulomas, tuberculous abscesses, granulomatous meningitis, granulomatous infection, tuberculous meningitis, TBM

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Peter D Corr, MD, MB, ChB, FRCR, Professor of Radiology, United Arab Emirates University
Peter D Corr, MD, MB, ChB, FRCR is a member of the following medical societies: American Roentgen Ray Society, International Skeletal Society, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Radiological Society of North America, Royal College of Radiologists, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and South African Medical Association
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Pamela W Schaefer, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director of Neuroradiology, Clinical Director of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Bernard D Coombs, MB, ChB, PhD, Consulting Staff, Department of Specialist Rehabilitation Services, Hutt Valley District Health Board, New Zealand
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C Douglas Phillips, MD, Professor, Departments of Radiology, Neurosurgery, and Otolaryngology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
C Douglas Phillips, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Radiology, American Medical Association, American Society of Head and Neck Radiology, American Society of Neuroradiology, Association of University Radiologists, and Radiological Society of North America
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Robert M Krasny, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Radiology, The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute
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James G Smirniotopoulos, MD, Professor of Radiology, Neurology, and Biomedical Informatics, Chairman, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
James G Smirniotopoulos, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, American Society of Head and Neck Radiology, American Society of Neuroradiology, American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Association of University Radiologists, and Radiological Society of North America
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