Korean J Pediatr Infect Dis.  2001 Nov;8(2):247-252. 10.14776/kjpid.2001.8.2.247.

Miliary Tuberculosis and Multiple Intracranial Tuberculoma : A Case Report

• Kang HD
• Jun CS
• Lee KY
• Han JH
• Lee HS
• Choi J
• Herm JK
• Hwang KT

• KMID: 2440193
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14776/kjpid.2001.8.2.247

Abstract

Although the incidence of tuberculosis has been decreased, it is still an important community acquired infectious disease in the world. Miliary or disseminated tuberculosis occurs from the inadequacy of host defense in controling tuberculous infection. Generally, brain parenchyme has been considered to be a rare involving organ than other organs or meninges in miliary tuberculosis. However it has been proving that the brain parenchyme is commonly involved organ in miliary tuberculosis even without neurological manifestations. We report a case of 8 yr-old male patient, who was diagnosed as having an miliary tuberculosis with multiple tuberculoma throughout the brain. The tuberculous lesions of lung and brain were nearly cleared within 3 months with anti-tuberculous therapy. With a reveiw of related literatures, we suggest that the patients with miliary tuberculosis should be evaluateded about brain involvement.

Keyword

Intracranial tuberculoma; Miliary tuberculosis

MeSH Terms

Brain
Communicable Diseases
Humans
Incidence
Lung
Male
Meninges
Neurologic Manifestations
Tuberculoma
Tuberculoma, Intracranial*
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Miliary*