Volume 16, number 4
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Chronic Headache: The Only Manifestation of Cerebellar Tuberculoma

Diwan Israr Khan*, M Anas, Abiha A Khan and Samreen Khan

Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College and hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Corresponding Author Email: israrjnmch@gmail.com

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bbra/2786

ABSTRACT: Despite of availability of highly efficacious treatment for decades, tuberculosis remains a major global health problem in developing countries, like India where tuberculosis is an endemic disease.1 Tuberculous involvement of brain is a rare presentation of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. The infection usually gets access to the brain through hematogenous route. The disease commonly affects children with equal involvement of both sexes and has close association with HIV. The usual manifestation of the disease is fever, unexplained weight loss, nausea, vomiting, headache, seizures, behavioral changes, focal neurological deficit and gait difficulty. Here is a case of cerebellar tuberculoma in an 8 years old male presenting as chronic headache for one and half years.

KEYWORDS: Children; Headache; Tuberculoma; Tuberculosis; ; Endemic Disease; Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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