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Tuberculoma en plaque: CT

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A 35-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of intermittent headaches, vomiting and dizziness. CT showed a plaquelike mass with tiny calcifications along the surface of the left frontal lobe. The mass exhibited heterogeneous enhancement with a few lowdensity foci. Underlying sulcal obliteration and enhancement and white matter oedema were also noted. Histopathological examination of excised material was consistent with tuberculoma. Recognition of this unusual presentation of intracranial tuberculoma may facilitate appropriate diagnosis and management.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5 Fu-Shing Street, Kwei Shan, Tao Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    S. H. Ng, S. F. Ko, H. F. Wong & Y. L. Wan

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Medial College, Taipei, Taiwan

    S. H. Ng, S. F. Ko, H. F. Wong & Y. L. Wan

  3. Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan

    L. M. Tang & T. N. Lui

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Medial College, Taipei, Taiwan

    T. N. Lui

  5. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    L. M. Tang

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Ng, S.H., Tang, L.M., Lui, T.N. et al. Tuberculoma en plaque: CT. Neuroradiology 38, 453–455 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00607273

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