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Isolated meningeal tuberculoma mimicking meningioma: case report.

Abstract
A 47-year-old German female patient is described with intracranial tuberculoma of the dura mater without history or evidence of tuberculosis and a negative tuberculin reaction. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging and angiography resembled a meningioma. Diagnosis was verified by histology and identification of mycobacterium tuberculosis. After removal of the granuloma and high-dose chemotherapy, the patient was free of disease. Tuberculoma of the dura mater is an extremely rare disease in the Western European population.
AuthorsA Lindner, C Schneider, E Hofmann, N Soerensen, K V Toyka
JournalSurgical neurology (Surg Neurol) Vol. 43 Issue 1 Pg. 81-3; discussion 83-4 (Jan 1995) ISSN: 0090-3019 [Print] United States
PMID7701432 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dura Mater (microbiology)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningeal Neoplasms (diagnosis)
  • Meningioma (diagnosis)
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis (isolation & purification)
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculoma, Intracranial (diagnosis)
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal (diagnosis)

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