RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Five cases of intracranial tuberculoma followed by serial computerised tomography.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 373
OP 379
DO 10.1136/jnnp.42.4.373
VO 42
IS 4
A1 R C Peatfield
A1 H H Shawdon
YR 1979
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/42/4/373.abstract
AB Five cases of intracranial tuberculoma in Asian adults are described, all of whom presented with epilepsy. The computerised tomographic (CAT) scanner displayed the lesions particularly well, and their characteristics are described. Only two cases were explored surgically, but triple antituberculous chemotherapy has the scan abnormalities in all of them to resolve completely. It is concluded that Asian patients with lesions likely to be tuberculous should be given a trail of antituberculous drugs, and only explored if they should deteriorate clinically, or if the lesion should fail to respond on serial scans.