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Concurrent Occurrence of Brain Tuberculoma Along with Spinal Cord Tuberculoma

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Today, tuberculosis (TB) still constitutes a major problem in developing countries like Turkey. The spread of TB in the society is closely associated with increased prevalence of the immune system deficiencies such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The current chapter will focus on tuberculous meningitis and spinal TB. In both entities, the cranial and spinal involvement may occur concurrently. Owing to the fact that the clinical symptoms offer little help for the differential diagnosis, imaging plays a crucial role for this purpose. Intracranial and spinal tuberculomas which act as single space-occupying lesions that are accompanied by midline shifts and increased intracranial pressure and which fail to respond to chemotherapy should be removed surgically.

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Abbreviations

ADC:

Apparent diffusion coefficient

CNS:

Central nervous system

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid

CT:

Computed tomography

DWI:

Diffusion-weighted imaging

FLAIR:

Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery

IICP:

Increased intracranial pressure

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

RA:

Rheumatoid arthritis

TB:

Tuberculosis

TBM:

Tuberculous meningitis

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  1. Department of Radiology, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey

    Özüm Tunçyürek MD & Yelda Özsunar MD

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine, Aydın, Turkey

    Mehmet Turgut MD, PhD

  3. Department of Radiology, Baskent University, School of Medicine, Dr. Turgut Noyan Medical and Research Center, Adana, Turkey

    Elif Karadeli MD

  4. Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Ahmet T. Turgut MD

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Tunçyürek, Ö., Turgut, M., Karadeli, E., Özsunar, Y., Turgut, A.T. (2017). Concurrent Occurrence of Brain Tuberculoma Along with Spinal Cord Tuberculoma. In: Turgut, M., Akhaddar, A., Turgut, A., Garg, R. (eds) Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50712-5_33

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