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ArticleRadiology case reports2021

Meningeal tuberculoma mimicking a brain tumor.

Akoli Eklou Baudouin Bravo-Tsri, Issa Konaté, Kouamé Paul Bonfils Kouassi, Estelle Valérie Acko-Ohui, Ange Roland Goulé-Bi, Dominique Isart, Emile Kesse Tanoh, Marius Koffi Vangah, Florent Allou Kouadio, B L Yao

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Article in Radiology case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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10 authors.

Akoli Eklou Baudouin Bravo-TsriRadiology Department, Bouaké University Hospital, 01 BP 1174 Bouaké 01, 00225 Bouaké, Ivory Coast.
Issa KonatéRadiology Department, Bouaké University Hospital, 01 BP 1174 Bouaké 01, 00225 Bouaké, Ivory Coast.
Kouamé Paul Bonfils KouassiRadiology Department, Bouaké University Hospital, 01 BP 1174 Bouaké 01, 00225 Bouaké, Ivory Coast.
Estelle Valérie Acko-OhuiRadiology Department, Center hospitalier de Blois, Pierre Mail Charlot, 41016 Blois, France.
Ange Roland Goulé-BiRadiology Department, Center hospitalier de Blois, Pierre Mail Charlot, 41016 Blois, France.
Dominique IsartRadiology Department, Center hospitalier de Blois, Pierre Mail Charlot, 41016 Blois, France.
Emile Kesse TanohRadiology Department, Bouaké University Hospital, 01 BP 1174 Bouaké 01, 00225 Bouaké, Ivory Coast.
Marius Koffi VangahRadiology Department, Bouaké University Hospital, 01 BP 1174 Bouaké 01, 00225 Bouaké, Ivory Coast.
Florent Allou KouadioRadiology Department, Bouaké University Hospital, 01 BP 1174 Bouaké 01, 00225 Bouaké, Ivory Coast.
B L YaoRadiology Department, Bouaké University Hospital, 01 BP 1174 Bouaké 01, 00225 Bouaké, Ivory Coast.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meningeal tuberculoma is one of the most serious sites of tuberculosis. Its incidence varies depending on the geographical area, rare in Western countries and frequent in developing countries where it represents 5% to 10% of intracranial masses. We report the case of a 21-year-old male patient with no particular medical history from Africa and living in Europe for more than a year, is hospitalized for an isolated inaugural, generalized, afebrile seizure in whom the scanner and cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a meningeal mass with significant glove finger edema suggesting a primary brain tumor. Surgical excision and anatomopathological analysis of the excisional piece allowed the diagnosis of tuberculoma. Meningeal tuberculoma is a source of diagnostic error because its clinical and radiological expression can mimic a brain tumor. This is an etiology that should not be ignored in the face of a meningeal mass in any subject coming from or living in a region with a high endemic tuberculosis.

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