Clinical features and MRI findings of intracranial tuberculomas

Intracranial Tuberculomas: atypical MRI and MRS findings

Intracranial tuberculosis is still a major cause of mortality and morbidity in .the developing countries and its incidence is on rise in developed nations too with the emergence of AIDS. The role of MR with and without GdDTPA is well established in its diagnosis and treatment’. However in day to day clinical practice a large number of intracranial lesions are encountered, where in-viva characte...

Three patients with intracranial tuberculomas with unusual features.

Three patients with verified intracranial tuberculomas are reported. One patient presented with attacks of hydrocephalus initially diagnosed erroneously as migraine, another had multiple tuberculomas and a fourth tuberculoma became apparent during treatment with antituberculous therapy. The third patient presented with a frontal lobe syndrome and the postoperative recovery was complicated by th...

CT and MRI findings of intracranial lymphoma.

Clinical Presentation and Magnetic Resonance Findings in Sellar Tuberculomas

Background and Importance. Sellar tuberculomas are extremely rare lesions with nonspecific clinical manifestations. The tuberculous infection of the pituitary gland and sellar region is characterized by the presence of an acute or chronic inflammatory reaction and may occur in the absence of systemic tuberculosis. The diagnosis is difficult prior to the surgery. An adequate diagnostic and antit...

Multiple sclerosis: clinical features and MRI findings in Northern China

BACKGROUND Reports in Asian populations suggest that ethnic and geographical differences may influence susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) and its clinical behaviors. Here, we sought to retrospectively survey clinical characteristics and MRI data in Chinese subjects with MS. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis in 117 patients with MS. The patients were divided into subgroups w...