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introduction an unusual incidence of tuberculosis in different parts of the body is called tuberculomas. the rate of brain tuberculosis is rare. case presentation 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 weak...

tuberculoma is one of the causes of the space occupying lesions in brain. its manifestations can mimic many diseases such as tumor, vasculitis, and multiple sclerosis.a patient with brain tuberculoma secondary to epidymitis is reported. his symptoms and signs were verysimilar to the patients with multiple sclerosis. the physicians must keep in mind this disease in the differentialdiagnosis with...

Intraventricular tuberculoma (IVT) is extremely rare, CT and MRI patterns have been only sparsely described.  Herein, a case of intraventricular tuberculoma in a 40 year-old woman is reported.  At admission, the patient displayed malaise and was confused and deteriorated suddenly.  Brain CT and MRI findings were very similar to intraventricular meningioma.  The patient underwent surgery and tub...

tubercle bacilli infect about one third of the world's population and over the past decade resurgence of tuberculosis has been a major health threat mainly due to increasing frequencies of immunosuppressive states and drug-resistant organisms. although tuberculosis is essentially a lung disease, intracranial elements become involved in 5-10% of cases either as meningitis or tumour-like masses (...

intraventricular tuberculoma (ivt) is extremely rare, ct and mri patterns have been only sparsely described.  herein, a case of intraventricular tuberculoma in a 40 year-old woman is reported.  at admission, the patient displayed malaise and was confused and deteriorated suddenly.  brain ct and mri findings were very similar to intraventricular meningioma.  the patient underwent surgery and tub...

Brain tubercluomas are a rare manifestation of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection usually resulting from hematogenous spread of the bacteria from a primary focus elsewhere in the body. A 29-year-old female with no history of pulmonary tuberculosis or signs of pulmonary infection presented with signs and symptoms of raised intracranial pressure. She underwent CT and MR imaging where multiple e...

We report two cases of brain tuberculoma occurring in patients residing in Hong Kong. Both patients presented with headache and had space-occupying lesions evident on computed tomography scans of the brain. The patients had no history of tuberculosis and no symptoms of concurrent extracranial tuberculosis were evident. The diagnosis of tuberculoma was made at the time of surgical excision. Dela...