title: [Intracranial tuberculoma, a special space-occupying process].
abstract: In four men and in one woman we found an intracranial local tuberculous infection (4 tuberculomas and 1 tuberculous abscess) in the period 1982-1988. Clinical presentation and computer tomography do not allow discrimination of intracranial tuberculomas from other space-occupying lesions. The value of the stereotactic biopsy for the diagnosis is emphasized and some characteristics of this intracranial process are discussed.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Theunissen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blaauw
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Stefanko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Intracranieel tuberculoom, een bijzonder ruimte-innemend proces.