ReviewCureus2021
Diagnostic and Neurological Overview of Brain Tuberculomas: A Review of Literature.
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- Hypothetical applications of MR-guided focused ultrasound in central nervous system tuberculosis: blood-brain barrier disruption, granulomatous lesion modulation, targeted drug delivery, and immune microenvironment reprogramming.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
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- Meningeal tuberculoma presenting as a space-occupying lesion in an immuno-competent young adult patient: A case report and literature review.Radiology case reports · 2026Article
- Right Temporal Lobe Tuberculoma Presenting as Seizures in a Patient With Pulmonary Tuberculosis.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- The progress of tuberculous meningitis medical management in adults.Surgical neurology international · 2026Review
- Cerebral Manifestation of Miliary Tuberculosis Mimicking a Parasitic CNS Infection.Case reports in neurological medicine · 2026Article
- Pediatric non-congenital central nervous system infections: role of imaging in the emergency department.Pediatric radiology · 2025Review
- Intracranial manifestations of central nervous system tuberculosis in children.Pediatric radiology · 2025Review
- Neuroschistosomiasis presenting as recurrent seizures: A case report.Surgical neurology international · 2025Article
- A Rare Case of Concurrent Intramedullary and Brain Tuberculoma: Diagnostic Challenges and Management.Cureus · 2024Article
- Radiomics features for the discrimination of tuberculomas from high grade gliomas and metastasis: a multimodal study.Neuroradiology · 2024Article
- Multiple Cystic Brain Infection: A Diagnostic Dilemma of Neurocysticercosis and Intracranial Tuberculoma.Cureus · 2024Article
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- A rare cause of postpartum seizure: Cerebral tuberculoma.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Tuberculoma Masquerading as a Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy in a Young Patient: A Case Report.Cureus · 2024Article
- Brain tuberculoma: a 52-year-old woman case report.Access microbiology · 2023Article
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- Magnetic resonance imaging findings of intracranial tuberculoma patients in a tertiary hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia: A retrospective study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by a bacteria named Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb). It is estimated by World Health Organization (WHO) that nearly a quarter of the world's population is infected. Tuberculoma of the brain is one of the most severe extrapulmonary forms that affects patients younger than 40 years of age. Brain parenchymal tuberculoma develops in nearly one of 300 non-treated cases of pulmonary tuberculosis cases. In endemic regions, tuberculomas account for as many as 50% of all intracranial masses. Tuberculoma results in a hematogenous spread of M. tb from an extracranial source. Tuberculomas can mimic a variety of diseases and can present themselves in a subacute or chronic course, from asymptomatic to severe intracranial hypertension. Diagnosis is based on computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies with a similar ring-enhancing lesion. Treatment is primarily medical, and the duration for brain tuberculoma can vary from six to 36 months. In certain cases, surgery is recommended.
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