Uncommon neurological presentations of tuberculoma.
The neurological manifestations and autopsy findings of 3 cases of tuberculoma have been described. A cerebello-pontine angle tuberculoma presented with a long history of trigeminal neuralgia. Intramedallary tuberculoma of the spinal cord presented with transverse myelitis, history of one complete remission and a normal myelogram. A tuberculoma of the medulla led to, apart from other features, severe orthostatic hypotension. Tuberculous meningitis, as a terminal process, developed in the first two cases and the third patient died from a vasomotor collapse on suddenly standing up from bed.
D000328:Adult; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000209:etiology; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000209:etiology