Intradural extramedullary (IDEM) tuberculomas account for only 1% of all spinal tuberculomas. Concurrent IDEM tuberculoma and syringomyelia arising as a complication of tuberculous meningitis (TM) is extremely rare and only two cases have been reported to date. There is yet no report in the literature describing syringomyelia presenting as a delayed complication of IDEM tuberculoma. Here we pre...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Intra-medullary spinal tuberculoma is a rare form of tuberculosis, with an incidence of only two in 100,000 patients with tuberculosis. We present a case of intra-medullary tuberculoma from Pakistan, which was diagnosed by radiological findings and analysis of cerebrospinal fluid using polymerase chain reaction testing. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 28-...

In Korea, tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious public health problem and reported TB cases have not significantly decreased over the last decade (1). Tuberculosis involving the central nervous system (CNS) is the most significant type of extrapulmonary tuberculosis because of its high mortality rate and possible morbidity of neurologic sequelae. CNS tuberculosis can manifest in a variable forms,...

Ventricular involvement in central nervous system tuberculosis can be in the form of tuberculous ependymitis, intraventricular tuberculoma, intraventricular tuberculous abscess, choroid plexitis and choroid plexus tuberculoma. Only a few cases of choroid plexus tuberculomas have been described and even more rare is the description of the role of endoscopy in management of intraventricular tuber...

Exudative retinal detachment occurs extremely rarely with orbital cellulitis. TB can affect majority of the structures of the eye with marked variability of the lesions. We herein report a 40 year old male who presented with acute left eye protrusion with sudden diminution of vision. On examination there was proptosis of the left eye with restricted extraocular movements. Exudative retinal deta...

Central nervous system tuberculosis may present as commonly encountered tuberculous meningitis or tuberculous mass lesions [common tuberculoma, and rare tuberculous brain abscess (TB-Abs)]. TB-Abs was first described by Evans and Rand (early 1930s), and is still very rare in world literature. This rare case report serves as a reminder for tuberculosis as etiology of brain abscess in a HIV-negat...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis remains a public health problem in developing countries and is associated with lethal central nervous system complications. Intracranial tuberculomas occur in 13% of children with neurotuberculosis. Patients with trisomy 21 have an increased risk for stroke, which usually stems from cardiovascular defects. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 12-year-old Sudanese bo...

INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis (TB) can present both in its pulmonary or extra-pulmonary forms. Cardiac tuberculoma previously described only after autopsy is continuously seen with the advent of more advanced imaging modalities. CASE REPORT A 23-year-old male with a four month history of a progressively increasing left anterior thoracic wall mass of 5 cm in diameter was referred from oncology for...