title: Chiasmal osteoma following tuberculous meningitis. Case report.
abstract: Clinical and radiological signs of a chiasmal lesion developed in a man 25 years after successful treatment of tuberculous meningitis. Surgical exploration and pathological examination demonstrated a mature chiasmal osteoma. The bony growth may have been a sequela of the prior infection.
mesh_terms: D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010016:Osteoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy