An interesting case of disseminated tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord
Tuberculosis is a public health problem worldwide causing significant morbidity and mortality. Manifestations of tuberculo-sis are widely classified as pulmonary and extra pulmonary. Tuberculoma is one of the CNS manifestations, which on imag-ing shows ring enhancing lesions. Although intra...
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| author | Parameshwar Keerthi B H Anil Kumar Sakalecha Varun S Shivaprasad G Savagave Raveesha Raveesha |
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| description | Tuberculosis is a public health problem worldwide causing significant morbidity and mortality. Manifestations of tuberculo-sis are widely classified as pulmonary and extra pulmonary. Tuberculoma is one of the CNS manifestations, which on imag-ing shows ring enhancing lesions. Although intracranial tuberculomas are common, spinal tuberculomas are rare and consti-tute only 2% of CNS tuberculomas. We present a case of both intra-axial and spinal tuberculoma in the same patient. Keywords: Tuberculosis, CNS, Tuberculoma, Ring enhancing lesion, MRI |
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| spelling | doaj-art-222409ea642449dca72ba768a2ccb4732025-08-20T02:51:18ZengSri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and ResearchJournal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences2231-41802319-24532019-06-0192505210.58739/jcbs/v09i2.1An interesting case of disseminated tuberculoma of brain and spinal cordParameshwar Keerthi B HAnil Kumar SakalechaVarun SShivaprasad G SavagaveRaveesha Raveesha Tuberculosis is a public health problem worldwide causing significant morbidity and mortality. Manifestations of tuberculo-sis are widely classified as pulmonary and extra pulmonary. Tuberculoma is one of the CNS manifestations, which on imag-ing shows ring enhancing lesions. Although intracranial tuberculomas are common, spinal tuberculomas are rare and consti-tute only 2% of CNS tuberculomas. We present a case of both intra-axial and spinal tuberculoma in the same patient. Keywords: Tuberculosis, CNS, Tuberculoma, Ring enhancing lesion, MRIhttps://jcbsonline.ac.in/articles/an-interesting-case-of-disseminated-tuberculoma-of-brain-and-spinal-cord |
| spellingShingle | Parameshwar Keerthi B H Anil Kumar Sakalecha Varun S Shivaprasad G Savagave Raveesha Raveesha An interesting case of disseminated tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences |
| title | An interesting case of disseminated tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord |
| title_full | An interesting case of disseminated tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord |
| title_fullStr | An interesting case of disseminated tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord |
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