Central Nervous System Tuberculomas (CNSTs), the most dangerous form of tubercolomas, remains a public health problem, particularly in the developing country. Central nervous system tuberculomas, either single or multiple, usually presents as a diagnostic challenge because it resembles many other infectious and non-infectious medical conditions, particularly in patients without constitutional s...

Alcoholism is a chronic, progressive disease that devastates the patient and family. The chronic abuse of alcohol results in a multitude of pathological changes, particularly in the central nervous system. The toxic effects of acetaldehyde, a metabolic by-product of alcohol, and alcoholic beverage congeners have been associated with pathological changes in the central nervous system. Toxic effe...

Central nervous system involvement with malignant lymphoma whether primary or secondary is an uncommon but not rare complication observed in the management of patients with hematological malignancy. Its importance lies in the considerable morbidity and mortality with which it is associated and the inadequacy of therapy. In Section I, Dr. Lauren Abrey addresses the totality of the problem of pri...

Neurolymphomatosis (NL) refers to a lymphomatous infiltration of peripheral nerves associated with central nervous system or systemic lymphoma, or alternatively, neurodiagnostic evidence of nerve enhancement and/or enlargement beyond the dural sleeve in the setting of primary central nervous system lymphoma or systemic lymphoma. NL is a rare complication of systemic cancer with heterogeneous cl...