10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUBERCULOMATA»
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1
Tuberculosis: A Comprehensive Clinical Reference
INTRACRANIAL. TUBERCULOMATA. Tuberculomata are space-occupying
lesions that may manifest with seizures. They vary in size from a few millimetres
up to 3–4 cm in diameter and appear on imaging studies usually as solitary
avascular ...
H. Simon Schaaf, Alimuddin Zumla, 2009
2
Problems of Intracranial Pressure in Childhood
TUBERCULOMATA These are now rarer than tuberculous meningitis itself. They
are solid, granuloma- tous and relatively avascular lesions, which may be round,
oval or lobulated, single or multiple, and usually bounded by a thin capsule.
3
Tuberculosis: A Comprehensive International Approach, Second ...
Tuberculomata are most common in children younger than 10 years of age.
Whereas most tuberculomata in adults are supratentorial, many in children are
infratentorial, most often located at the base of the brain near the cerebellum.
4
Acta tuberculosea scandinavica: Supplement
Diagram showing the course of the tuberculomata in groups I A and II A. The
diagram is based on a comparison of the condition of the individual tuberculoma
at the time of its discovery with that at the end of each one year period of
observation ...
5
Clinical Tuberculosis 4th Edition
Figure 10.15 Computed tomography scans showing multiple tuberculomata,
particularly in the left parietal and right periventricular areas, developing during
treatment of tuberculosis meningitis. Mild hydrocephalus also present.
Peter Barnes, Peter D O Davies, Stephen B Gordon, 2008
6
Borderlands of Neurology
Ernest Adolf Spiegel. high intracranial pressure which develops quite rapidly, has
marked cerebellar and pyramidal signs and symptoms. The differential diagnosis
between tuberculomata and encephalitis or brain abscesses is often difficult.
Ernest Adolf Spiegel, 1957
We feel sure, however, that such instances are rare and that the most frequent
and most important mode of infection of the meninges is by way of tuberculomata
of the brain substance or of the meninges. This point, we believe, is not simply of
...
American Academy of Tuberculosis Physicians, 1947
8
Liver Disease in Children
Larger 1–2 cm tuberculomata may be seen, as may tuberculous hepatic
abscesses, either in conjunction with an extrahepatic foci of infection or as a
primary lesion. Biliary obstruction may occur as the result of perihilar adenopathy.
Presenting ...
Frederick J. Suchy, Ronald J. Sokol, William F. Balistreri, 2014
9
Principles and Practice of Pediatric Nephrology
Hematogenously spreading tuberculomata develop in the glomeruli, resulting in
caseating, sloughing lesions that discharge bacilli into the tubules. In most cases,
the renal lesions are asymptomatic and manifest as mycobacteria in the urine ...
M. Vijayakumar, B. R. Nammalwar, 2013
10
Epilepsy in Children, 2E
Acute symptomatic seizures in patients with tuberculosis may be due to metabolic
abnormalities, inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone, cerebral
tuberculomata or arteritis.13 Seizures associated with tuberculomata or arteritis
occur ...
Sheila J Wallace, Kevin Farrell, 2004
