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This paper describes the neuroradiological findings in a case of cerebral tuberculoma. Computed tomography demonstrated a mass in contact with the cranial bone with marked contrast enhancement and accompanied by perifocal cerebral edema. External carotid angiography revealed a homogenous stain supplied from the middle meningeal artery. Furthermore, by radioisotope scan it appeared to be a region of increased uptake with a comparatively clear border and was thereby misdiagnosed as meningioma.
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Shiga, H., Yagishita, A. & Akiyama, T. The neuroradiological findings in a case of cerebral tuberculoma. Neuroradiology 17, 279–281 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00337540
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