TY - JOUR
T1 - Tuberculoma in the Fourth Ventricle
T2 - An Unusual Location
AU - Mayorga-Corvacho, Juliana
AU - Vergara-Garcia, David
AU - Riveros, William Mauricio
AU - Torres, Jorge
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - To present a young immunocompetent patient with a fourth ventricle tuberculoma without pulmonary tuberculosis. A previously healthy young male patient presented with a history of headache, nausea, and blurred vision. Neuroimaging revealed a mass present in the fourth ventricle. The lesion was successfully resected. Histological and microbiological findings suggested the presence of a tuberculoma. Tuberculomas can be found in the posterior fossa in adults. This infectious pathology should not be forsaken when considering the differential diagnosis for infratentorial masses.
AB - To present a young immunocompetent patient with a fourth ventricle tuberculoma without pulmonary tuberculosis. A previously healthy young male patient presented with a history of headache, nausea, and blurred vision. Neuroimaging revealed a mass present in the fourth ventricle. The lesion was successfully resected. Histological and microbiological findings suggested the presence of a tuberculoma. Tuberculomas can be found in the posterior fossa in adults. This infectious pathology should not be forsaken when considering the differential diagnosis for infratentorial masses.
KW - Central nervous system
KW - fourth ventricle
KW - meningitis
KW - tuberculoma
KW - tuberculosis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85111296043&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32344-20.1
DO - 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.32344-20.1
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 34169986
AN - SCOPUS:85111296043
SN - 1019-5149
VL - 31
SP - 658
EP - 660
JO - Turkish Neurosurgery
JF - Turkish Neurosurgery
IS - 4
ER -