Open AccessGiant tuberculomas of brain: Rare neoplastic mimic
Author(s) -
Chandradev Sahu,
Nishant Bhargava,
Vivek Singh,
Pranav Dwivedi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/jpn.jpn_78_19
Subject(s) - tuberculoma , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , tuberculosis , abscess , radiology , lesion , population , tuberculous meningitis , pathology , surgery , environmental health
Tuberculosis continues to be a major infectious disease in developing parts of the world. Primarily central nervous system tuberculosis manifests as meningitis, tuberculoma, or a brain abscess; however, rarely it may manifest as a large neoplastic mass such as lesion known as giant tuberculoma. Especially in central parts of India, the incidence of giant tuberculoma is quite high in pediatric population that too in posterior fossa of brain. Often, they are wrongly reported as neoplastic masses on imaging. The objective of this study was to evaluate different imaging appearances of a giant tuberculoma.