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A giant fourth-ventricular tuberculoma mimicking a primary posterior fossa tumor Cover

A giant fourth-ventricular tuberculoma mimicking a primary posterior fossa tumor

By: Minh Duc Nguyen  
Open Access
|Aug 2021

Abstract

Typically, an intracranial tuberculoma occurs within the brain parenchyma. Intraventricular tuberculomas are rare in the absence of systemic tuberculosis (TB), and the differential diagnosis between tuberculoma and other lesions, such as primary brain tumors, can be difficult. We report an extremely unusual case of solitary fourth-ventricular tuberculoma, which occurred in a 3-year-old female patient, with no indication of TB. This lesion appeared as a primary intraventricular tumor in the fourth ventricle in both clinical and radiological examinations. In this scenario, a surgical treatment option was pursued. Histopathological testing supported the diagnosis of tuberculoma. The patient was subsequently treated with 18 months’ therapy for tuberculous, without adverse events.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abm-2021-0024 | Journal eISSN: 1875-855X | Journal ISSN: 1905-7415
Language: English
Page range: 191 - 195
Published on: Aug 20, 2021
Published by: Chulalongkorn University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 6 issues per year

© 2021 Minh Duc Nguyen, published by Chulalongkorn University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.