Abstract

BARRIENTOS PENALOZA, José M. et al. STEREOTACTIC USE IN CEREBRAL TUBERCULOSIS. Rev. Méd. La Paz [online]. 2009, vol.15, n.2, pp.36-40. ISSN 1726-8958.

Cerebral Tuberculosis is the most unusual presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, in developing countries where this disease has high incidence and prevalence. The broad clinical presentation and poor specificity difficult early diagnosis, related directly with higher lethality in affected patients. Stereotactic is a modern neurosurgery minimally invasive that allows accurate localization and access to intracranial structures. Case of a 34 years-old woman with seizures and imagenology that present intraparietal cystic deep brain lesión. Due multiple differential diagnoses an aspiration-biopsy stereotactic is made, reaching the diagnostic of cerebral tuberculosis. Treatment after 8 months shows complete resolution.

Keywords : Tuberculosis Cerebral; Stereotactic; Brain cysts; Adults.

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