ISOLATED MENINGEAL TUBERCULOMA MIMICKING MENINGIOMA - CASE-REPORT

A 47-year-old German female patient is described with intracranial tub erculoma of the dura mater without history or evidence of tuberculosis and a negative tuberculin reaction. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging and angiography resembled a meningioma. Diagnosis wa s verified by histology and identification of mycobacterium tuberculos is. After removal of the granuloma and high-dose chemotherapy, the pat ient was free of disease, Tuberculoma of the dura mater is an extremel y rare disease in the Western European population.