INTRACEREBRAL TUBERCULOMA IN CHILDREN WITH TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS

Not all patients with tuberculosis develop tuberculoma during the dise ase or antituberculous therapy. Therefore, we compared various paramet ers in patients with and without tuberculoma and presented the results . We formed two groups from the patients with tuberculous meningitis: Group I consisted of 18 patients with tuberculoma, and Group II consis ted of 18 randomly selected patients without tuberculoma. significant difference between the groups was found with respect to level of consc iousness and CSF-glucose level (p<0.05). The consciousness level was m ore depressed and the CSF-glucose level more decreased in the group wi thout tuberculoma. These findings were discussed.