Imaging in tuberculosis of the skull and skull-base: case report

Neuroradiology. 2003 Mar;45(3):160-3. doi: 10.1007/s00234-002-0921-9. Epub 2003 Feb 13.

Abstract

We report a 19-year-old girl, who presented with headache and tonic/clonic seizures. Imaging revealed a lytic parietal skull lesion with an adjacent epidural mass, masses in the right parietal lobe and a posterior skull-base mass. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was made after resection of the extradural mass and later verified with culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The parenchymal and skull-base lesions resolved following antituberculous treatment. We present CT, scintigraphic, angiographic and MRI findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Female
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / pathogenicity
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Skull / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull / pathology*
  • Skull Base / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull Base / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / pathology*