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A R Satter1, D S Asif, S Kundu
1Dr AM Rejaus Satter, Associate Consultant, Neurosurgery, Square Hospitals Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh;
Abstract:
Calvarial Tuberculosis (CTB) is very rare form of TB. A 35 year old lady presented with a painless bony swelling over the right frontal area with an enlarged pre-auricular lymphnode. The CT revealed an expansile lytic lesion involving right frontal bone with minimal dural enhancement. In the presence of normal ESR, no past history of Tuberculosis, an expansile lytic lesion with intradural enhancement and previous inconclusive FNAC of pre-auricular lymphnode; she underwent surgical excision which revealed caseous granulation suggestive of TB.
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