title: Isolated cerebellar tuberculoma mimicking posterior cranial fossa tumour.
abstract: Isolated central nervous system (CNS) tuberculoma is a rare disease. This disease is associated with high morbidity and mortality, despite modern methods of detection and treatment. CNS tuberculosis can present as meningitis, arachnoiditis, tuberculomas or the uncommon form of tuberculous subdural empyema and brain abscess. We present the clinical, radiological and pathological findings of cerebellar tuberculoma in an Iranian immunocompetent patient mimicking a malignant tumour.
authors: Department of Pathology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. binesh44@yahoo.com
authors: Fariba
authors: F
authors: Binesh
authors: Shokouh Taghipour
authors: ST
authors: Zahir
authors: Taghi Roshan
authors: TR
authors: Bovanlu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
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