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Intracranial tuberculoma – a diagnostic dilemma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

R K Tewary
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland
M G J O’Sullivan
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland
T A Ali
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland
P G O’Sullivan
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland

Abstract

The characteristics of intracranial tuberculoma on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are not well known. The authors present a patient with an intracranial tuberculoma in whom the diagnosis was confirmed only after surgical excision.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2005 Royal Society of Medicine Press

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