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Tuberculomas are common forms of central nervous system tuberculosis, presenting as space-occupying-lesions. Brainstem tuberculomas are rare among all intracranial tuberculomas. In old patients, in the absence of tuberculosis history, diagnosis may be challenging. In this case, we present a 70-year-old patient, with bladder cancer, without known tuberculosis who presented with stroke-like symptoms, clinically. Diffusion-weighted imaging revealed no finding of stroke, however, a medulla oblongata tuberculoma, mimicking metastasis was evident on MRI.
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Donmez, F.Y., Coskun, M. & Guven, G. Medulla oblongata tuberculoma mimicking metastasis presenting with stroke-like symptoms. Neurol Sci 30, 349–352 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-009-0099-6
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