Intracranial multiple tuberculomas: 2 unusual cases

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dc.contributor.authorGuzel, A
dc.contributor.authorTatli, M
dc.contributor.authorAluclu, U
dc.contributor.authorYalcin, K
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T16:18:23Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T16:18:23Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Tuberculosis (TB) is still a major public health problem that continues to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality at worldwide level. Only 1% of patients with TB develop an intracranial tuberculoma (Tbm), usually as part of miliary TB. The radiological findings are often nonspecific, and they are difficult to diagnose without an increased index of suspicion. Cases Descriptions: In this report, we presented 2 unusual patients with intracranial multiple Tbms, one of whom is a 32-year-old woman who did not have pulmonary TB or other primary origin of TB. Her diagnosis was established histopathologically, and she was treated with antituberculous chemotherapy. The other patient is a 12-year-old girl who has pulmonary TB with portal hypertension together with liver cirrhosis. Her diagnosis was established with clinical, radiological, and laboratory findings, and she was treated with antituberculous chemotherapy for 18 months. Conclusions: Intracranial Tbms have become rare in developed countries, but TB is still a very common infectious disease at worldwide level. Therefore, diagnosis should be kept in mind when confronted with brain space-occupying lesions, especially in the immunocompromised or malnutritional hosts such as liver cirrhosis. When no other active extracranial tuberculous process is found, the diagnosis should be confirmed by a biopsy before beginning antituberculous treatment, which is rapidly effective. We have not encountered in the literature such a case of multiple intracranial Tbms associated with liver cirrhosis in an adult patient. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.surneu.2005.07.033
dc.identifier.endpage112en_US
dc.identifier.issn0090-3019
dc.identifier.pmid16256830
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-27444432531
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage109en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.surneu.2005.07.033
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/16058
dc.identifier.volume64en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000233321000021
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Science Incen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSurgical Neurology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectIntracranial Multiple Tuberculomasen_US
dc.subjectTuberculosisen_US
dc.subjectPortal Hypertensionen_US
dc.subjectLiver Cirrhosisen_US
dc.subjectSurgeryen_US
dc.titleIntracranial multiple tuberculomas: 2 unusual casesen_US
dc.titleIntracranial multiple tuberculomas: 2 unusual cases
dc.typeArticleen_US

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