title: Intracerebral tuberculoma misdiagnosed as neurosarcoidosis.
abstract: We describe two patients who had tuberculomas that were initially misdiagnosed as neurosarcoidosis, leading to prolonged steroid therapy before initiation of antituberculous medications. Neither patient was infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, and one of the patients had a negative tuberculosis skin test.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Mycology and the Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Karoll
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cortez
authors.forename: Shyam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kottilil
authors.forename: Leonard A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mermel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents