title: Intracranial tuberculoma mimicking brain metastasis.
abstract: To our knowledge, this is the first report of an intracranial tuberculoma in an immunocompetent patient with a solid primary tumor outside the central nervous system. This case is important because the patient underwent treatment for a presumed brain metastasis, based on the knowledge that a solid extracranial primary tumor was present, but before the brain lesion pathology was determined.
authors.forename: Abhijit L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Salaskar
authors.forename: Wael
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hassaneen
authors.forename: Cheryl H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Keenan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Dima
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Suki
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents