Co-occurrence of intracerebral tuberculoma with lumbar intramedullary tuberculoma.

Abstract

Tuberculosis is common in India, but the co-occurrence of intracranial and intramedullary tuberculomas as a manifestation of central nervous system tuberculosis is extremely rare in children. We report a case of concurrent intracranial and lumbar intramedullary tuberculomas in a 6-year-old girl. The child developed the intracranial and intramedullary tuberculomas while on antituberculous therapy for previously diagnosed tuberculous meningitis. The child improved well on antituberculous drugs and neurosurgical excision of the lumbar lesion. Histopathology confirmed tuberculous etiology of the intramedullary lesion.

• Authors: Prachi S Chitre, Milind S Tullu, H V Sawant, Radha G Ghildiyal
• Journal: Journal of child neurology (J Child Neurol) Vol. 24 Issue 5 Pg. 606-9 (May 2009) ISSN: 1708-8283 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 19189935 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antitubercular Agents
• Isoniazid
• Rifampin

Topics

• Antitubercular Agents (therapeutic use)
• Brain (pathology)
• Child
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Edema
• Female
• Humans
• Isoniazid (therapeutic use)
• Lumbar Vertebrae
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Rifampin (therapeutic use)
• Spinal Cord (pathology, surgery)
• Spinal Diseases (complications, pathology, therapy)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Tuberculoma (complications, pathology, therapy)
• Tuberculoma, Intracranial (complications, drug therapy, pathology)