Intracranial tuberculoma in a Sudanese child: response to medical treatment.
We report a 4-year-old girl in whom a probable intracranial tuberculoma was diagnosed by carotid angiography. The child's clinical picture improved and the tuberculoma certainly considerably reduced in size as shown by a follow-up angiogram 20 months after institution of antituberculous treatment. Our case adds one to those in whom medical treatment was a success. Surgery should be reserved for medical failures and where diagnosis is uncertain.
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents