A rare cause of postpartum seizure: Cerebral tuberculoma.

Lillian Gonçalves Campos, Frederico Bartz Noy, Paulo Petry Oppitz, Apio Claudio Martins Antunes, Juliana Ávila Duarte

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Lillian Gonçalves CamposHospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre; Radiology Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Frederico Bartz NoyHospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre; Neurosurgery Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Paulo Petry OppitzUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Neurosurgery Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Apio Claudio Martins AntunesUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Neurosurgery Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Juliana Ávila DuarteUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Radiology Department, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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Abstract

Tuberculomas are rare and a life-threatening condition. Diagnosis followed by appropriate treatment can lead to complete resolution of the disease. A suggestive imaging study in an appropriate clinical setting can lead to the diagnosis. We describe a case of a postpartum woman with a headache and seizure in which eclampsia was the initial suspicion. Imaging exams demonstrated a solitary expansile lesion in the left parietal lobe suspicious of neoplasia. A biopsy, instead, confirmed a tuberculoma. In addition to eclampsia, many other differential diagnoses are possible in the context of seizures in pregnant and peripartum patients, including central nervous system tuberculosis. Brain imaging studies can be crucial in the diagnostic process.

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Cerebral tuberculomaEclampsiaPostpartum seizures

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PMID38585387

DOI10.1016/j.radcr.2024.03.008

PMCPMC10997809

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