Intracerebellar tuberculoma in a patient with AIDS. A case report.
The incidence of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients has increased continuously over the past ten years. Extrapulmonary manifestations have become more frequent in AIDS patients than in immunocompetent hosts. Here we report about a patient with an unusual presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Our case report indicates that differential diagnosis of brain lesions in HIV-infected patients should include tuberculosis. In uncertain cases, it is indispensable to obtain specimens by craniotomy or stereotactic biopsy.
Kochanek
M
M
Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Cologne, Germany.
Hartmann
P
P
Dölken
G
G
Salzberger
B
B
Diehl
V
V
Fätkenheuer
G
G
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology