Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Vol 150, No. 5, 11 1994, 1439-1440.
Development of intracranial tuberculomas while receiving therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis [corrected] [published erratum appears in Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995 Mar;151(3 Pt 1):927]
JB Silman, JI Peters, SM Levine and SG Jenkinson
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Development of tuberculomas on adequate tuberculosis therapy is an uncommon
event. This case report describes a patient who developed multiple
intracranial tuberculomas while receiving adequate supervised outpatient
therapy for sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis who was documented to have no
intracranial lesions prior to initiation of treatment.