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

Authors : Parth Godhiwala, Atma Nayak, Nipun Bawiskar, Anil Wanjari

DOI : 10.18231/j.agems.2019.015

Volume : 6

Issue : 2

Year : 2019

Page No : 48-50

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.

Keywords: Tuberculoma, Meningioma, Pyrexia of unknown origin.


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