Diagnostic challenges in cerebral tuberculoma presenting with seizures in pregnancy

Tuberculoma is an uncommon presentation of tuberculosis and is found in regions with a high prevalence of tuberculosis. This is rarely diagnosed during pregnancy. The presentation can mimic other etiologies such as eclampsia or cerebral venous sinus thrombosis so the diagnosis can be challenging, pa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Obstetric medicine 2023-09, Vol.16 (3), p.192-195
Hauptverfasser: Sujithra Devi, R, Priya, Sathiya, Kumari, Manoranjitha, Ramkumar, G., Jinkala, SreeRekha, Maurya, Dilip Kumar, Keepanasseril, Anish
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Zusammenfassung:Tuberculoma is an uncommon presentation of tuberculosis and is found in regions with a high prevalence of tuberculosis. This is rarely diagnosed during pregnancy. The presentation can mimic other etiologies such as eclampsia or cerebral venous sinus thrombosis so the diagnosis can be challenging, particularly when presenting with seizures in pregnancy. Described here is a woman in her first pregnancy who presented with seizures mimicking eclampsia and was suspected to have a brain tumour on neuroimaging. She was diagnosed to have a intracerebral tuberculoma on histopathological examination following surgical decompression after delivery.
ISSN:1753-495X
1753-4968
DOI:10.1177/1753495X221078695