Cerebral tuberculosis with expansion into brainstem tuberculoma. Report of two cases.
There are only scattered case reports of intracranial tuberculosis in industrialized nations; brainstem tuberculoma is even more unusual, accounting for 2.5% to 8% of all intracranial tuberculoma. In developing nations, however, central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS-TB) is not rare and intracranial tuberculoma may account for 5% to 30% of all intracranial masses. The authors present two cases of CNS-TB with expansion to brainstem tuberculoma in patients who were undergoing treatment and had no known prior exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Section of Neurological Surgery and Neuroradiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark.
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Gropper
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Duran
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Wolansky
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000473:pathology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000473:pathology*