title: Imaging in tuberculosis of the skull and skull-base: case report.
abstract: We report a 19-year-old girl, who presented with headache and tonic/clonic seizures. Imaging revealed a lytic parietal skull lesion with an adjacent epidural mass, masses in the right parietal lobe and a posterior skull-base mass. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was made after resection of the extradural mass and later verified with culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The parenchymal and skull-base lesions resolved following antituberculous treatment. We present CT, scintigraphic, angiographic and MRI findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey. altayser@superonline.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sencer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sencer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hepgül
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poyanli
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Minareci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D019291:Skull Base / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*