Intracranial tuberculoma.
In North America, central nervous system involvement by tuberculosis is uncommon. This patient review describes the clinical and radiological features of this unusual neurologic lesion. Special emphasis is given to the methods of arriving at the correct diagnosis, to the efficacy of combination antituberculous therapy, and to the possibility of paradoxical expansion of these lesions during the course of successful treatment.
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Division of Respiratory and Environmental Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40292.
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D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents