title: Paradoxical response to chemotherapy for intracranial tuberculoma: two case reports from Saudi Arabia.
abstract: Two patients with tuberculous meningitis are described, who developed intracranial tuberculoma while receiving antituberculous therapy. The tuberculoma responded to the same regimen of treatment and small dose of corticosteroids. Such paradoxical reaction should be looked for if the patient develops new neurological signs during the course of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: AbdulJabbar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D011239:Prednisolone