Abstract

TORRES DE TABOADA, Estela; RUIZ DIAZ, Leda; BARRIOS, Andres  and  ARCE KITA, Juan. Young woman with seizures and pulmonary nodules. Rev. Nac. (Itauguá) [online]. 2014, vol.6, n.2, pp.83-90. ISSN 2072-8174.

We present a case of a young woman who presented with seizures, space-occupying mass nodular lesions in the brain and lungs. Pulmonary tuberculosis was confirmed with bacteriology and histopathology. Anti tuberculosis treatment cured lung lesions, also with remission of made forward brain lesion, confirming a tuberculoma of the brain.

Keywords : pulmonary tuberculosis; cerebral tuberculoma.

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