Ring enhancing intracranial lesion responding to antituberculous treatment in an HIV-infected patient

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 285 - 287
• Main Authors: Pellegrino, Daniela, Gerhardt, Juliana, Porfírio, Fátima M V, Santos, Edgar de Bortholi, Dauar, Rafi F, Oliveira, Augusto C Penalva de, Vidal, José E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Brazil Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo 01.09.2010; Instituto de Medicina Tropical
• Subjects: Adult; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - drug therapy; Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; TROPICAL MEDICINE; Tuberculoma, Intracranial - drug therapy; Cerebral tuberculoma; Tuberculosis; HIV; Central nervous system

Cerebral tuberculomas constitute a major differential diagnosis of cerebral toxoplasmosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients in developing countries. We report the case of a 34-year old woman co-infected with HIV and possible disseminated tuberculosis (hepatitis, lymphadenopathy...