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Giant Cerebral Tuberculoma Masquerading as Malignant Brain Tumor – A Report of Two Cases
Giant cerebral tuberculoma is an uncommon but serious form of tuberculosis. We report two patients who had a single, large lesion on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. Both patients underwent neurosurgery for the excision of the mass lesion as neuroimaging findings were suggestive of a b...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7575315/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33101794 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10546 |
Sumario: | Giant cerebral tuberculoma is an uncommon but serious form of tuberculosis. We report two patients who had a single, large lesion on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. Both patients underwent neurosurgery for the excision of the mass lesion as neuroimaging findings were suggestive of a brain tumor. Tuberculoma was later diagnosed on histopathological examination. We want to highlight that cerebral tuberculomas can mimic malignant brain tumors, as the clinical, laboratory, and radiologic features of cerebral tuberculomas are nonspecific. |
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