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- Title
Brain tuberculoma ( Mycobacterium africanum): high index of suspicion helps in avoiding biopsy/surgery.
- Authors
Botturi, A.; Prodi, E.; Silvani, A.; Gaviani, P.; Vanoli, G.; Carbone, A.; Salmaggi, A.
- Abstract
Partial seizures can be due to a growing cerebral lesion, which may be tumoral or inflammatory/infectious in nature. The differential diagnosis is obviously important; increasing immigration to Europe from Africa is leading to an increase of infectious disease involving also the central nervous system. The authors report imaging the a case of a brain tuberculoma due to Mycobacterium africanum mimicking brain tumor, in which diagnosis was possible by inoculum in guinea-pig of material obtained by mediastinal biopsy of enlarged lymph nodes. Specific treatment led to marked reduction in the size of the brain lesion.
- Subjects
MYCOBACTERIUM; BIOPSY; TOMOGRAPHY; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPH node diseases; GUINEA pigs as laboratory animals
- Publication
Neurological Sciences, 2012, Vol 33, Issue 2, p363
- ISSN
1590-1874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10072-011-0742-x