title: Instructive case report. A 26-year-old Indian woman with seizures and multiple intracranial mass lesions.
abstract: We describe the case of a 26-year-old Indian woman who presented to our institution with seizures and papilledema. Her diagnosis was originally thought to be neurocysticercosis, but later confirmed to be intracranial tuberculoma. Antituberculous therapy with isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide and ethambutol was initiated. Improvement in the patient's neurological symptoms with diminution in size of the intracerebral lesions was observed. This case illustrates the difficulty in distinguishing intracranial tuberculoma from neurocysticercosis. Radiological features that distinguish these two diseases are described. Both diseases must be considered in regions endemic for tuberculosis and cysticercosis.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Medical School, Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Tosomeen
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Berbari
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: McClure
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Krecke
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Osmon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents