An Intracranial Tuberculoma with Discharging Scalp Sinus

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 22;74(1):65-68. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2019.422. Epub 2020 Jun 30.

Abstract

Our report highlights a case of intracranial tuberculoma in an elderly woman with chronic discharging sinus. A 77-year-old woman had a mass lesion extending to the scalp through a chronic discharging sinus for 2 years with an intermittent, non-radiating, dull, low-grade headache. Based on our survey of central nervous system tuberculosis, this case is a rare event of documented intracranial tuberculoma with concomitant discharge of the scalp sinus similar to the periodic geyser eruptions in developing countries.

Keywords: antitubercular therapy; computed tomography; discharging sinus; magnetic resonance imaging; tuberculoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Craniotomy / methods
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Scalp / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculoma, Intracranial / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculoma, Intracranial / pathology
  • Tuberculoma, Intracranial / therapy

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents