We describe the case of a 22-year-old HIV-negative male who was diagnosed with tuberculous meningitis and subsequently went on to develop two highly unusual after effects of the meningitis. The first was a tuberculoma, which was discovered 28 days after the meningitis and occurred while the patient was taking a…
Diagnosis of tuberculoma is difficult because of its tumorlike aspects. This report describes the case of a male who displayed a hemiplegia revealing an intracranial mass. Neuroimaging was consistent with a glioblastoma; however, the definite diagnosis was a tuberculoma. Clinical features of tuberculomas are nonspecific. Even though the neuroimaging features…
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