Tuberculoma and meningioma; masquerading each other in a young elderly patient


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Article type :

Case Report

Author :

Parth Godhiwala, Atma Nayak, Nipun Bawiskar, Anil Wanjari

Volume :

6

Issue :

2

Abstract :

A tuberculoma is a relatively rare variant of tuberculosis, and sometimes resembles a meningioma in the first instance, both radiologically and in gross appearance. Here we report a case of 59 year old man presenting with pyrexia of unknown origin since 1 month. On MRI brain, it was suggestive of meningioma, but CSF analysis was suggestive of tuberculosis and patient responded with anti tubercular treatment.

Keyword :

 Tuberculoma, Meningioma, Pyrexia of unknown origin.