Giant cerebral tuberculoma
Diagnosis certain
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A large mass lesion in the left cerebral hemisphere with marked adjacent vasogenic oedema simulates a tumoural mass. The thin, regular peripheral wall enhancement generally argues against a tumour, favouring infection. Calcification can be seen in both tumours and infectious lesions.
Tuberculomas (confirmed pathologically) are usually smaller but can be this large.
AcknowledgmentsAcknowledgements: Dr.Ali Ali Shraf Al-dine & Dr.Yousif Yousif Al-madani (neurosurgeon), Dr. Abdulatif Magram (radiology specialist), Dr. Wael Al-Absi (pathology specialist).
-<p>A large mass lesion in the left cerebral hemisphere with marked adjacent vasogenic oedema simulates a tumoural mass. The thin, regular peripheral wall enhancement generally argues against a tumour, favouring infection. Calcification can be seen in both tumours and infectious lesions.</p><p><a href="/articles/tuberculoma" title="Tuberculomas">Tuberculomas</a> (confirmed pathologically) are usually smaller but can be this large.</p><p>Acknowledgments: Dr.Ali Shraf Al-dine & Dr.Yousif Al-madani (neurosurgeon), Dr. Abdulatif Magram (radiology specialist), Dr. Wael Al-Absi (pathology specialist).</p>- +<p>A large mass lesion in the left cerebral hemisphere with marked adjacent vasogenic oedema simulates a tumoural mass. The thin, regular peripheral wall enhancement generally argues against a tumour, favouring infection. Calcification can be seen in both tumours and infectious lesions.</p><p><a href="/articles/tuberculoma" title="Tuberculomas">Tuberculomas</a> (confirmed pathologically) are usually smaller but can be this large.</p><p><em>Acknowledgements: Dr Ali Shraf Al-dine & Dr Yousif Al-madani (neurosurgeon), Dr Abdulatif Magram (radiology specialist), Dr Wael Al-Absi (pathology specialist)</em></p>
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