title: Brain tuberculomas: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An unusual incidence of tuberculosis in different parts of the body is called tuberculomas. The rate of brain tuberculosis is rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  The following case of tuberculamas of the brain, presented by enhancing rings of meninges, is reported because of its rarity. It was a case of brain tuberculomas in a 15-year-old girl with primary symptoms of headache and general weakness, and no signs of primary pulmonary infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The subject underwent computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. Microbiological tests (acid fast bacilli smear-AFB, and culture of biopsy specimen) were applied subsequently. According to the results, the problem was diagnosed as brain tuberculomas. After operation she was completely treated with anti-TB drugs. Although brain tuberculosis is rare, it was diagnosed on the basis of histopathology and the patient's successful response to anti-tuberculous drug treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Sajad Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran ; Influenza Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Besat Hospital,Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Ali Asghar
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Saeedi
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Sajad Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ali Pooran
keywords: Brain; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculoma