Preoperative malignant looking retrobulbar, infratemporal and middle cranial fossa tuberculoma in a young child - a case report.
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2014-07
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Tuberculosis involving skull base and brain is relatively common in developing countries.
Preoperative neuro-radiological features of such lesions mimic neoplastic lesions of brain &
skull base and postoperative histopathological study brings the ultimate diagnosis. Here we
present a case of large tubercular lesion involving retrobulbar, infratemporal and middle
cranial fossa that preoperatively thought to be a malignant lesion in a young child and was
managed surgically with anti-tubercular drugs having a happy termination. Even
radiologically malignant looking mass lesion in brain and skull base can be proved as
tuberculosis that can bring happiness to the patient and also to the treating neurosurgeons.
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preoperatively malignant looking, retrobulbar infratemporal and middle cranial fossa, tuberculoma
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Chowdhury F H, Haque M R, Kawsar KA, Haque AFMM. Preoperative malignant looking retrobulbar, infratemporal and middle cranial fossa tuberculoma in a young child - a case report. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science. 2014; 13(3): 323-325.