Brain tuberculoma (Mycobacterium africanum): high index of suspicion helps in avoiding biopsy/surgery.
Neurol Sci
; 33(2): 363-5, 2012 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-21874300
Partial seizures can be due to a growing cerebral lesion, which may be tumoral or inflammatory/infectious in nature. The differential diagnosis is obviously important; increasing immigration to Europe from Africa is leading to an increase of infectious disease involving also the central nervous system. The authors report imaging the a case of a brain tuberculoma due to Mycobacterium africanum mimicking brain tumor, in which diagnosis was possible by inoculum in guinea-pig of material obtained by mediastinal biopsy of enlarged lymph nodes. Specific treatment led to marked reduction in the size of the brain lesion.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Tuberculoma Intracraneal
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Infecciones por Mycobacterium
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurol Sci
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia
Pais de publicación:
Italia