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Abstract

Intraventricular tuberculoma represents a rare location of central nervous system tuberculosis TB. It is usually associated with systemic involvement, multiple cerebral tuberculomas, and/or meningitis. However, solitary intraventricular tuberculoma is extremely rare. Clinical and radiologic manifestations of this affection are nonspecific and might be misdiagnosed as other infectious or tumoral brain lesions, especially in the absence of other brain or systemic TB lesions. The confirmation is only made by histopathological study of the lesion. The treatment of choice of intraventricular tuberculoma remains conservative and provides a good control of the disease in most cases.

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Abbreviations

BBB:

Blood-brain barrier

BCSB:

Blood-cerebrospinal barrier

CNS:

Central nervous system

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid

CT:

Computed tomography

ETH:

Ethambutol

IICP:

Increased intracranial pressure

INH:

Isoniazid

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

PCR:

Polymerase chain reaction

PZA:

Pyrazinamide

QFT:

QuantiFERON

RIF:

Rifampicin

STR:

Streptomycin

TB:

Tuberculosis

TBM:

Tuberculous meningitis

WHO:

World Health Organization

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Hassan II, Fez, Morocco

    Mohammed Benzagmout MD, Amadou Hassane Ali MD & Meryem Himmiche MD

  2. Clinical Neurosciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez, BP. 1893; Km 2.200, Sidi Hrazem Road, Fez, 30000, Morocco

    Mohammed Benzagmout MD

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Benzagmout, M., Ali, A.H., Himmiche, M. (2017). Ventricles. 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_10

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