Diseases

Intracranial Tuberculoma

A well-circumscribed mass composed of tuberculous granulation tissue that may occur in the cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum, brain stem, or perimeningeal spaces. Multiple lesions are quite common. Management of intracranial manifestations vary with lesion site. Intracranial tuberculomas may be associated with SEIZURES, focal neurologic deficits, and INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION. Spinal cord tuberculomas may be associated with localized or radicular pain, weakness, sensory loss, and incontinence. Tuberculomas may arise as OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS, but also occur in immunocompetent individuals.

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A well-circumscribed mass composed of tuberculous granulation tissue that may occur in the cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum, brain stem, or perimeningeal spaces. Multiple lesions are quite common. Management of intracranial manifestations vary with lesion site. Intracranial tuberculomas may be associated with SEIZURES, focal neurologic deficits, and INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION. Spinal cord tuberculomas may be associated with localized or radicular pain, weakness, sensory loss, and incontinence. Tuberculomas may arise as OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS, but also occur in immunocompetent individuals.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Tuberculoma, Intracranial
  • Abscess, Tubercular, Intracranial

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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not a neoplasm; coord IM with specif part of brain or precoord brain/dis (IM)

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92

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Previous Indexing

  • Brain Diseases (1968-1991)
  • Tuberculoma (1968-1991)

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  1. C01w.150.252w.223.850.400
  2. C01w.150.252w.410.040.552.846w.493w.400
  3. C01w.150.252w.410.040.552.846w.617w.200.300
  4. C01w.207w.180.850.400
  5. C10w.228w.228w.180.850.400

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intracranial Tuberculoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016862. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016862
  2. Intracranial Tuberculoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69090928