PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Khanna, P.C.
AU  - Godinho, S.
AU  - Patkar, D.P.
AU  - Pungavkar, S.A.
AU  - Lawande, M.A.
TI  - MR Spectroscopy-Aided Differentiation: “Giant” Extra-Axial Tuberculoma Masquerading as Meningioma
DP  - 2006 Aug 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1438--1440
VI  - 27
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/7/1438.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/27/7/1438.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2006 Aug 01; 27
AB  - SUMMARY: Tuberculosis is common in the developing world and in developed nations secondary to increasing immunocompromise in the population. It commonly causes meningitis and parenchymal tuberculomas. We present a case of an unusual masslike “giant” extra-axial tuberculoma during pregnancy. Unusual morphology and size at imaging made meningioma a close differential. MR spectroscopy served to complement MR imaging, providing diagnostic confirmation and depicted findings characteristic of a tuberculoma.