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KMID : 0858520160200030200
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Journal of the Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
2016 Volume.20 No. 3 p.200 ~ p.205
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En Plaque Tuberculoma: a Case Report
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Kim Young-Eun
Lee Dong-Hoon
Hwang Hok-Yeong
Kim Min-Ji
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Abstract
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In Korea, tuberculosis is still common disease. Central nervous system tuberculosis can manifest in a variety of forms, including tuberculous meningitis, tuberculous cerebritis, tuberculoma, tuberculous abscess, and miliary tuberculosis. Although intra-axial tuberculomas are the more common type of CNS tuberculosis, extra-axial lesions are rarely encountered. En plaque tuberculoma is an extremely rare presentation of intracranial tuberculosis with mimicking primary or secondary meningeal neoplasia. We describe a rare case of an en plaque tuberculoma accompanied by tuberculous meningitis and tuberculomas.
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KEYWORD
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En plaque tuberculoma, CNS tuberculosis, Magnetic resonance imaging
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