Magnetic resonance imaging diagnostic features of giant intracranial tuberculoma
Arshad Ali, Tarek Benzabih
International Journal of Case Reports and Images · 2019-01
Abstract
Introduction: Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis (TB) is among the least common yet most devastating forms of human mycobacterium TB infection. Giant tuberculomas are often confused with brain tumors on cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), emphasizing the need for more meticulous and elaborate imaging analysis.
MeSH terms
- Tuberculoma
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Electronic journal
- Radiology
- Central nervous system
- Pathology