INTRACEREBELLAR TUBERCULOMA IN A PATIENT WITH AIDS - A CASE-REPORT

The incidence of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients has increased c ontinuously over the past ten years. Extrapulmonary manifestations hav e become more frequent in AIDS patients than in immunocompetent hosts. Here we report about a patient with an unusual presentation of extrap ulmonary tuberculosis. Our case report indicates that differential dia gnosis of brain lesions in HIV-infected patients should include tuberc ulosis. In uncertain cases, it is indispensable to obtain specimens by craniotomy or stereotactic biopsy.