Meningeal Tuberculoma Masquerading as a Brain Tumor: A Case Report

Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis (TB) is a common extrapulmonary manifestation of TB. However, tuberculoma is a rare finding and meningeal tuberculoma is even rarer. This is a case report of a 47-year-old recent immigrant from Africa who presented with stroke-like symptoms. The human immuno...

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Autores principales: Abu-Abaa, Mohammad, Arshad, Hassaan, Ali, Doaa, Abdulsahib, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9705070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36457642
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30804
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description Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis (TB) is a common extrapulmonary manifestation of TB. However, tuberculoma is a rare finding and meningeal tuberculoma is even rarer. This is a case report of a 47-year-old recent immigrant from Africa who presented with stroke-like symptoms. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening was reactive. Imaging revealed significant vasogenic edema surrounding a brain mass. Biopsy proved TB, and symptoms improved with steroids and anti-TB medication. This case serves to remind clinicians of a rare form of TB that can mimic brain tumors and strokes in presentation.
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spelling pubmed-97050702022-11-30 Meningeal Tuberculoma Masquerading as a Brain Tumor: A Case Report Abu-Abaa, Mohammad Arshad, Hassaan Ali, Doaa Abdulsahib, Ali Cureus Neurology Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis (TB) is a common extrapulmonary manifestation of TB. However, tuberculoma is a rare finding and meningeal tuberculoma is even rarer. This is a case report of a 47-year-old recent immigrant from Africa who presented with stroke-like symptoms. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screening was reactive. Imaging revealed significant vasogenic edema surrounding a brain mass. Biopsy proved TB, and symptoms improved with steroids and anti-TB medication. This case serves to remind clinicians of a rare form of TB that can mimic brain tumors and strokes in presentation. Cureus 2022-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9705070/ /pubmed/36457642 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30804 Text en Copyright © 2022, Abu-Abaa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Meningeal Tuberculoma Masquerading as a Brain Tumor: A Case Report
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title_fullStr Meningeal Tuberculoma Masquerading as a Brain Tumor: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9705070/
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