title: Intracranial tuberculoma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A case of multiple intracranial tuberculomas with miliary lesions of the lungs is reported. Atypical clinical presentation; non-specific computed tomographic findings showed large intracranial masses producing a midline shift and progressive neurological deficit necessitating excision of the symptomatic mass. Acid fast bacilli were found in the excised lesion and cultured from biopsy specimens.
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014375:Tuberculoma; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary