title: Large cerebellopontine angle tuberculoma: a case report.
abstract: Tuberculoma involving the cerebellopontine angle is very rare. Preoperative neuroradiological features of such lesions may mimic neoplastic lesions and postoperative histopathological study brings the ultimate diagnosis. Here we present a patient with a large tuberculoma at the cerebellopontine angle who had another small lesion at the right fronto-basal region and was managed by surgical excision of the cerebellopontine angle lesion along with post-surgical antitubercular therapy for 18 months. On the 14th postoperative day, the patient developed status epilepticus, left hemiplegia and left-sided complete hearing loss. Computed tomography showed right frontal oedema. Then he recovered his motor function slowly and incompletely but left-sided hearing loss remained unchanged. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain at 18 months after surgery showed no residual lesion with right frontal cortical atrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Raziul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.forename: Forhad Hossain
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: Shafiqul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: Asit Chandra
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Sarker
authors.forename: Momtazul
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haque
mesh_terms: D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*