title: Intracerebellar tuberculoma in a patient with AIDS. A case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department I of Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kochanek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dölken
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salzberger
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Diehl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fätkenheuer
mesh_terms: 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