title: [Confluent tuberculomas of the vermis cerebelli associated with an occipital localization. Report of a case and review of the literature].
abstract: An unusual case of multiple cerebral tuberculomas is reported. The patient, a 19-year-old woman, presented with a 6-month history of raised intracranial pressure and cerebellar symptoms. CT scan disclosed a conglomerate of several ring-enhancing lesions within the cerebellar vermis and another homogeneously enhancing mass against the right occipital horn. Solid and ring-enhancing lesions are the main mode of presentation of cerebral tuberculomas. Although the patient had no history of systemic tuberculosis, this diagnosis was considered highly probable in this geographic area and was confirmed by pathological examination of the cerebellar mass, the excision of which was considered necessary. Antitubercular medications led to complete regression of the associated occipital lesion, as demonstrated by sequential CT scan examinations.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, C.H.U. de Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vallee
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krifa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jlidi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Hamouda
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leconte
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nasri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Tuberculomes confluents du vermis cérébelleux associés à une autre localisation occipitale. Rapport d'un cas et revue de la littérature.