title: Three patients with intracranial tuberculomas with unusual features.
abstract: Three patients with verified intracranial tuberculomas are reported. One patient presented with attacks of hydrocephalus initially diagnosed erroneously as migraine, another had multiple tuberculomas and a fourth tuberculoma became apparent during treatment with antituberculous therapy. The third patient presented with a frontal lobe syndrome and the postoperative recovery was complicated by the development of hyperosmolar non-ketotic, non-acidotic diabetic pre-coma. Although there are no pathognomonic symptoms, signs, or radiological appearances of intracranial tuberculomas, a high index of suspicion should always be entertained during the investigation of non-European immigrants.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003926:Diabetic Coma / Q000209:etiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D007194:India; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D010211:Papilledema / Q000209:etiology; D011718:Pyrazinamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013667:Technetium; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D000636:Aminosalicylic Acids; D011718:Pyrazinamide; D013667:Technetium; D003907:Dexamethasone; D004977:Ethambutol; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin; D013307:Streptomycin