TB Research

INCIDENTAL TUBERCULOMA IN A CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENT: A RARE EXTRA-PULMONARY MANIFESTATION OF TUBERCULOSIS

Lokesh Koumar Sivanandam, Manpreet Kaur Jhoond, Saurabh Ashok Sujanyal, Shreya Sridhar, Nathalie Nasser, Vivek Sanker, Umang Gupta

Abstract

Chronic kidney disease associated with incidental tuberculoma represents one of the rarest conditions occurring worldwide. Among tuberculous patients, only 1% show Central Nervous System involvement. We present a case of 45-year-old male with CKD who presented with seizure, diagnosed to have incidental Tuberculoma

MeSH terms

  • Tuberculoma
  • Medicine
  • Tuberculosis
  • Kidney disease
  • Disease
  • Kidney
  • Pathology