En Plaque Tuberculoma: a Case Report
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چکیده
In Korea, tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious public health problem and reported TB cases have not significantly decreased over the last decade (1). Tuberculosis involving the central nervous system (CNS) is the most significant type of extrapulmonary tuberculosis because of its high mortality rate and possible morbidity of neurologic sequelae. CNS tuberculosis can manifest in a variable forms, including tuberculous meningitis, tuberculous cerebritis, tuberculoma, tuberculous abscess, and miliary tuberculosis (2). Although intra-axial tuberculomas are the more common type of CNS tuberculosis, extra-axial lesions are rarely encountered (3). Here, we report a rare case of an en plaque tuberculoma.
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