tuberculoma

Etiology

• Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Epidemiology

• rare

Pathology

• Mycobacteria walled off from parenchyma by a dense fibrous capsule
• lung & brain are most common sites

Management

• see tuberculosis

More general terms

• abnormal morphologic structure (malformation)
• tuberculosis

More specific terms

• central nervous system (CNS) tuberculoma
• tuberculous dactylitis; spina ventosa