Third ventricular tuberculoma mimicking as a tumor: Report of a very rare case

Intracranial tuberculoma is a common neurosurgical problem in developing countries; however, intraventricular tuberculoma is a rare entity. Here, we report a rare case of third ventricular tuberculoma in a 21-year-old girl who presented with features of raised intracranial pressure. Radiological fin...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Gopal R., Kaushal, Prashant, Vaidya, Bivek, Kumar, Pawan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5379806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28413535
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.145061
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author Sharma, Gopal R.
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description Intracranial tuberculoma is a common neurosurgical problem in developing countries; however, intraventricular tuberculoma is a rare entity. Here, we report a rare case of third ventricular tuberculoma in a 21-year-old girl who presented with features of raised intracranial pressure. Radiological findings and management of third ventricular tuberculoma would be discussed and literature regarding such lesions will be reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-53798062017-04-14 Third ventricular tuberculoma mimicking as a tumor: Report of a very rare case Sharma, Gopal R. Kaushal, Prashant Vaidya, Bivek Kumar, Pawan Asian J Neurosurg Case Report Intracranial tuberculoma is a common neurosurgical problem in developing countries; however, intraventricular tuberculoma is a rare entity. Here, we report a rare case of third ventricular tuberculoma in a 21-year-old girl who presented with features of raised intracranial pressure. Radiological findings and management of third ventricular tuberculoma would be discussed and literature regarding such lesions will be reviewed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5379806/ /pubmed/28413535 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.145061 Text en Copyright: © 2014 Asian Journal of Neurosurgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Third ventricular tuberculoma mimicking as a tumor: Report of a very rare case
title_sort third ventricular tuberculoma mimicking as a tumor: report of a very rare case
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5379806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28413535
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.145061
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