title: A rare case of tubercular cerebellar abscess.
abstract: Tubercular brain abscess are uncommon and tubercular cerebellar abscess are rarely reported. Most of these cases occur in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of multiple cerebellar abscesses in a 55-year-old HIV seronegative non-diabetic female, who complained of headache, neck pain and unsteadiness of gait since two months. She had been on treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis, diagnosed earlier. Diagnosis was made by CT scan of brain and confirmed by bacteriological examination of drained pus obtained by suboccipital craniotomy. The patient showed signs of recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College? General Hospital, Sion - 400 022, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wanjari
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Baradkar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nataraj
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011859:Radiography; D014054:Tomography; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology