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  • Title: [CT scanning and treatment of intracranial tuberculoma].
    Author: Wang S, Yang T, Jiang M.
    Journal: Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi; 1996 Apr; 19(2):107-9. PubMed ID: 9388852.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the value of CT scanning and the efficacy of anti-tuberculosis short-course chemotherapy in intracranial tuberculoma patients. METHOD: The CT manifestations and the clinical characteristics of 55 intracranial tuberculoma patients were analysed. RESULTS: 44 out of 55 patients were cured. Among them, 40 patients' lesions were entirely resolved, while other 11 cases, clinical symptoms were subsided and still under treatment. In the contrast enhancing CT scanning, plate shaped or ring-form shadows were shown surrounding the lesions of tuberculoma. The characteristical features were more special for diagnosis and the positive rate was higher than that of other laboratory findings. The incidence of intracranial tuberculoma was found to be higher in children and juvenile patients who lived in rural areas. CONCLUSIONS: Enhancing CT scanning is valuable for diagnosis of intracranial tuberculoma. The anti-tuberculosis short-course chemotherapy used nowadays with which almost all the intracranial tuberculoma patients can be cured and only few of them need surgical operation.
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