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Juliana Mayorga-Corvacho1, David Vergara-Garcia, William Mauricio Riveros
1Neurosurgery Department, Center for Research and Training in Neurosurgery (CIEN), Samaritana University Hospital, Rosario University School of Medicine, Bogotá, Colombia.
Abstract:
To present a young immunocompetent patient with a fourth ventricle tuberculoma without pulmonary tuberculosis. A previously healthy young male patient presented with a history of headache, nausea, and blurred vision. Neuroimaging revealed a mass present in the fourth ventricle. The lesion was successfully resected. Histological and microbiological findings suggested the presence of a tuberculoma. Tuberculomas can be found in the posterior fossa in adults. This infectious pathology should not be forsaken when considering the differential diagnosis for infratentorial masses.
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