title: Tuberculous granuloma of the clivus.
abstract: We report the clinical features of a middle-aged man who presented with multiple cranial nerve dysfunction and who, on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, proved to have a lesion of the clivus extending down to the body of the axis. Biopsy and limited excision showed this to be a tuberculous granuloma which grew M. tuberculosis on culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Selvapandian
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Chandy
mesh_terms: D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012886:Skull; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*