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Extrapulmonary tuberculosis presenting as a cavernous sinus syndrome: Case report with review of existing literature
- Source :
- IDCases, IDCases, Vol 1, Iss 4, Pp 97-100 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2014.
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Abstract
- Tuberculoma involving the cavernous sinus is a rare presentation of CNS disease, with only twelve cases reported in previous literature. We report a case of a 48 year old woman who presented with a right cavernous sinus syndrome of 2 months duration. MRI showed a mass in the right cavernous sinus, and serologic workup revealed an elevated sedimentation rate and positive Quantiferon®-GOLD testing. 18-FDG PET-CT demonstrated a hypermetabolic 3cm subcarinal lymph node, and lymph node biopsy showed caseating granuloma. Culture of lymphatic tissue grew drug-sensitive M. tuberculosis. The patient was treated with a non-standard 4-drug regimen and prednisone, with rapid improvement of symptoms and radiologic abnormalities. Total length of treatment was 12 months. In addition, we review the 12 cases found in literature, and discuss clinical features, diagnostic dilemmas, and approaches to treatment.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis
Lymph node biopsy
Case Report
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Prednisone
medicine
Tuberculoma
FDG-PET
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
CNS tuberculosis
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
medicine.disease
Surgery
Subcarinal Lymph Node
Regimen
Infectious Diseases
Granuloma
Cavernous sinus
business
Cavernous sinus syndrome
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22142509
- Volume :
- 1
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IDCases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d57fa487067419cb139ba0c9e308ae6a
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.10.010