tuberculoma
Sign in to saveAlso known as tuberculous granuloma
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Research
4,478 papers- Intracranial giant tuberculoma: A 7-year institutional experience and literature review.Clinical neurology and neurosurgery · 2023
- Tuberculoma-Induced Seizures.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2015
- Tuberculoma of the central nervous system.Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia · 2013
- Tuberculoma of the Peripheral Nerve: Illustrative Case and Systematic Review of the Literature.World neurosurgery · 2020
- Suprasellar tuberculoma.British journal of neurosurgery · 2014
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Mechanism
- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Imaging
- Treatment
- Prognosis
- Epidemiology
- References
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A tuberculoma is a clinical manifestation of tuberculosis which conglomerates tubercles into a firm lump, and so can mimic cancer tumors of many types in medical imaging studies. They often arise within individuals in whom a primary tuberculosis infection is not well controlled.
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