INTRA-CRANICAL TUBERCULOMAS - CORRELATION OF COMPUTERIZED-TOMOGRAPHY WITH CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 51  (201) , 104-114
Abstract
Ten patients with intracranial tuberculomas, seen between 1976-1980, are described. Four Indian immigrants were presented with features of space-occupation, and responded well to supervised adequate combined anti-tuberculous chemotherapy. Six patients, 4 of whom were English, developed tuberculomas in the course of tuberculous meningitis; 3 of these 6 patients died, highlighting the dangers of this complication if infection is not promptly and adequately dealt with at presentation. The value of computerized tomography in the diagnosis and management of such patients is emphasized; the persistence of intracranial tuberculous infection in Britain (UK) is stressed.