Intracranial tuberculoma -- a diagnostic dilemma.
The characteristics of intracranial tuberculoma on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are not well known. The authors present a patient with an intracranial tuberculoma in whom the diagnosis was confirmed only after surgical excision.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland. tew_raj@hotmail.com
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D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D035262:Cranial Fossa, Anterior / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis*