title: Calvarial tuberculosis with parenchymal involvement.
abstract: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the acid-fast bacilli Mycobacterium tuberculosis that usually affects the lungs although it may affect any organ. Tuberculous osteitis of the cranial bones is an uncommon manifestation of disseminated tuberculosis known as calvarial tuberculosis. Cases with parenchymal involvement are infrequent in the literature. We report a case of a patient with multiple osteolytic cranial lesions and a tuberculoma.
authors.affiliation: Area de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital San Pedro-CIBIR, C/Piqueras 98, 26006 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. Electronic address: cgarciag@riojasalud.es.
authors.forename: Concepción
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: García-García
authors.forename: Valvanera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ibarra
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Azcona-Gutiérrez
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Oteo
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D004550:Elbow / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010154:Pakistan; D012535:Scalp / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*