Tuberculoma—A Significant Diagnostic Entity in Brain Biopsies of Intracranial Space Occupying Lesions in Children

Fifty‐eight cases of CT scan‐proven intracranial space occupying lesions (ICSOL) in children were biopsied. Tuberculoma of brain turned out to be a major consideration comprising 10.34 per cent, second only to astrocytomas which comprised 32.75 per cent of ICSOL. There were 13 non‐neoplastic lesions...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) 2002-08, Vol.48 (4), p.242-244
Hauptverfasser:	Maheshwari, Veena, Srivastava, V. K., Prasad, Smriti, Alam, Kiran
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Age Distribution Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Biopsy - statistics & numerical data Brain Diseases - diagnosis Brain Diseases - epidemiology Brain Neoplasms - diagnosis Brain Neoplasms - epidemiology Child Child, Preschool Diagnosis, Differential Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Incidence India - epidemiology Infant Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Sex Distribution Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tropical medicine Tuberculoma, Intracranial - diagnosis Tuberculoma, Intracranial - epidemiology Tuberculoma, Intracranial - pathology Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
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Zusammenfassung:	Fifty‐eight cases of CT scan‐proven intracranial space occupying lesions (ICSOL) in children were biopsied. Tuberculoma of brain turned out to be a major consideration comprising 10.34 per cent, second only to astrocytomas which comprised 32.75 per cent of ICSOL. There were 13 non‐neoplastic lesions, of which tuberculoma constituted 46.1 per cent. The need for awareness of this common entity in developing countries is discussed.
ISSN:	0142-6338 1465-3664
DOI:	10.1093/tropej/48.4.242