Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging  2016;20(3):200-205

doi:10.13104/imri.2016.20.3.200

En Plaque Tuberculoma: a Case Report.

Young Eun KIM 1 ; Donghoon LEE ; Hokyeong HWANG ; Minji KIM

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Keywords

En plaque tuberculoma; CNS tuberculosis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

In Korea, tuberculosis is still common disease. Central nervous system tuberculosis can manifest in a variety of forms, including tuberculous meningitis, tuberculous cerebritis, tuberculoma, tuberculous abscess, and miliary tuberculosis. Although intra-axial tuberculomas are the more common type of CNS tuberculosis, extra-axial lesions are rarely encountered. En plaque tuberculoma is an extremely rare presentation of intracranial tuberculosis with mimicking primary or secondary meningeal neoplasia. We describe a rare case of an en plaque tuberculoma accompanied by tuberculous meningitis and tuberculomas.