       Document 0205
 DOCN  M9630205
 TI    [Clinico-radiologic characteristics of 8 cases of brain tuberculoma]
 DT    9603
 AU    Aguirre A; Supervia A; Knobel H; Galofre N; Saballs P; Pascual J; Diez
       A; Servicio de Medicina Interna y Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital;
       del Mar, Barcelona.
 SO    An Med Interna. 1995 Oct;12(10):485-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96120121
 AB    Several problems are presented in differential diagnosis between
       cerebral tuberculomas and other brain lesions. Eight cases of cerebral
       tuberculomas diagnosed in our hospital between 1962 and 1992 were
       studied. Data about age, sex, HIV antibodies, clinical manifestation,
       tomographic images, non cerebral locations, diagnostic method, evolution
       and treatment resolution were collected. Eight cases were diagnosed,
       seven men and one woman, age 40.75 +/- 10 HIV antibodies in three
       patients were positive. Meningitis (4 cases) and weight loss (4 cases)
       were the first clinical features. Confusional state, fever and seizures
       were presented in three cases one (37.5%), ataxia in two cases (25%) and
       headache in one (12.5%). Lesions were sole in 62.5% of cases, and
       several in 37.5%. Were high density in 25.9% and low density in 75%. All
       patients presented a other localization of tuberculosis. Mycobacterium
       tuberculosis was isolated in sputum in 75% of cases. After six month,
       most of the lesions improved.
 DE    Adult  English Abstract  Female  Human  HIV Infections/COMPLICATIONS
       Male  Middle Age  Retrospective Studies  Tuberculoma,
       Intracranial/*COMPLICATIONS/MICROBIOLOGY/RADIOGRAPHY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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