1043-3155 Pediatr Neurol Briefs pedneurbriefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs Pediatric Neurology Briefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs 2166-6482 1043-3155 2166-3155 Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers Chicago, IL, USA PNB-2-78-a 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-2-10-8 CNS Infections Neurology Pediatrics Nervous System Diseases Child Development Brain Diseases Neurosurgery Child Infant Intracranial Tuberculoma http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-7931 Millichap J. Gordon MD 1 2 * Division of Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Correspondence: Dr. J. Gordon Millichap, E-mail: jgmillichap@northwestern.edu 11 1988 01 08 2016 2 10 78 78 Copyright: © 1988 The Author(s) 1988 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Intracranial tuberculoma. Evaluation and treatment

In a report from the Dept of Pediatrics, All India Inst of Applied Sciences, New Delhi, India, intracranial tuberculoma was found in 20 (24%) of 83 patients with partial seizures complicated by increased intracranial pressure, systemic tuberculosis or focal neurologic deficit and in 12 (22%) of 55 patients with tuberculous meningitis.

 Intracranial Tuberculoma Intracranial Pressure Tuberculous Meningitis

In a report from the Dept of Pediatrics, All India Inst of Applied Sciences, New Delhi, India, intracranial tuberculoma was found in 20 (24%) of 83 patients with partial seizures complicated by increased intracranial pressure, systemic tuberculosis or focal neurologic deficit and in 12 (22%) of 55 patients with tuberculous meningitis. CT lesions consisting of ring enhancement, discs, and irregular coalescing masses with edema regressed within 12 weeks of starting medical therapy. Surgical excision was not required. Medical management was advocated, with surgery limited to drug treatment failures. [1]

COMMENT. Tuberculoma mimics other space-occupying lesions and in India its reported prevalence has ranged from 4 to 40% of intracranial tumors. Effective chemotherapy and CT monitoring of treatment response have minimized the role of surgery.

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