title: Conventional and diffusion-weighted MR imaging of intracranial tuberculomas. A case report.
abstract: Intracranial tuberculoma is a rare form of central nervous system tuberculosis. We here report on conventional and diffusion-weighted cranial MR images of a non-immunocompromised patient with multiple intracranial tuberculomas, tuberculous lymphadenitis and pulmonary tuberculosis. Conventional MR imaging revealed multiple ring-enhancing mass lesions. At follow-up MR, appearances of both edema and number and size of nodules were decreased. Diffusion-weighted MR was normal and normal ADC values were found in this case of tuberculomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Ege University School of Medicine, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: O Kaçmaz
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Başoğlu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Savaş
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kitiş
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications