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.
Gropper
M R
MR
Section of Neurological Surgery and Neuroradiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Newark.
Schulder
M
M
Duran
H L
HL
Wolansky
L
L
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*