Giant posterior fossa tuberculoma in immunocompetent adults

Abstract

Intracranial tuberculoma mostly occurs in supratentorial location in adult patients and there are isolated cases with Infratentorial tuberculoma reported in the literature in the last 10 years. A 49-year-old man presented with progressive staggering gait and headache for 3 months and was diagnosed with a giant cerebullar tuberculoma. Although rare, our case demonstrates that tuberculoma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of infratentorial tumor in immunocompetent adults. Keywords: Posterior fossa, Tuberculoma, Magnetic resonance imaging, Diagnosis