title: Meckel's cave tuberculoma with unusual infratemporal extension.
abstract: The authors describe a rare case of intracranial tuberculoma of the Meckel's cave and cavernous sinus with extension into the infratemporal fossa causing widening of the foramen ovale and adjacent bone destruction. The rarity of the lesion and the unusual extension of the lesion are presented with a brief review of literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging Sciences and Interventional Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India. chandkesav@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Chandrasekharan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kesavadas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Somasundaram
authors.forename: Ravi M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents