Lindner A, Schneider C, Hofmann E, Soerensen N, Toyka K V
Abt. fuer Neuroradiologie, Universitaet, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Surg Neurol. 1995 Jan;43(1):81-3; discussion 83-4. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(95)80046-j.
A 47-year-old German female patient is described with intracranial tuberculoma of the dura mater without history or evidence of tuberculosis and a negative tuberculin reaction. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging and angiography resembled a meningioma. Diagnosis was verified by histology and identification of mycobacterium tuberculosis. After removal of the granuloma and high-dose chemotherapy, the patient was free of disease. Tuberculoma of the dura mater is an extremely rare disease in the Western European population.
