TUBERCULOMA OF THE BRAIN WITH TUBERCULOUS ADENITIS AND EPIDIDYMITIS
Authors: S R COGAN, J S BORNSTEIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Case Reports1 March 1959TUBERCULOMA OF THE BRAIN WITH TUBERCULOUS ADENITIS AND EPIDIDYMITISSHELDON R. COGAN, M.D., JOHANN S. BORNSTEIN, M.D.SHELDON R. COGAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHANN S. BORNSTEIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-3-796 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe incidence of tuberculoma of the central nervous system has been decreasing markedly over the last half-century, in keeping with the decrease observed in all types of tuberculosis. Autopsy statistics have shown this decrease to be from 50% at the turn of the century to the present 3 to 5% expressed as the percentage of all brain tumors in large case series.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15The mechanism by which the tubercle bacillus arrives in the central nervous system has been well worked out.11, 12, 9The usual portals of entry to the human organism are the pulmonary...Bibliography1. Davis L: The principles of neurosurgery, 2nd Ed., 1942, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar2. Starr MA: Tumors of the brain in children, M. News 54: 29, 1889. Google Scholar3. Tooth WH: Observations on intracranial tumors, Brain 35: 61, 1908. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Toimis W: Uber Hirngeschwulste, Ztschr. f. d. ges. Neurol. u. Psychiat. 101: 114, 1896. Google Scholar5. Wilson K: Neurology, 1940, Wm. Wood and Company, Baltimore. Google Scholar6. Van Wagener WP: Tuberculoma of the brain: incidence among intracranial tumors and surgical aspects, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 17: 51, 1927. Google Scholar7. Anderson F: Tuberculoma of the central nervous system, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 20: 354, 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Ferris HW: Eight cases of tuberculoma of the brain at autopsy, J. A. M. A. 92: 1670, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. JaffeSchultz HLW: The relationship between tuberculoma of the central nervous system and tuberculosis of other organs, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 33: 302, 1936. Google Scholar10. GarlandArmitage HGG: Intracranial tuberculoma, J. Path. and Bact. 37: 461, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. MacGregorGreen ARJP: Tuberculosis of the central nervous system with special reference to tuberculous meningitis, J. Path. and Bact. 45: 613, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. Buchstein HF: Tuberculoma of the brain, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 43: 635, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. BernsteinKruegerNayer TCEGHR: Tuberculoma of the brain, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 62: 654, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar14. AsenjoValladaresFierro AHJ: Tuberculoma of the brain, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 65: 146, 1951. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. Revilla J: Intracranial tuberculoma, J. Neurosurg. 9: 555, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16. DescunsetGarrePheline PHL: Tuberculoma of the brain and cerebellum, J. Neurosurg. 11: 244, 1954. Google Scholar17. SchwartzGilmanRobeySettlePaddock MRAJSJLE: Tuberculomas of the central nervous system: review and report of four cases successfully managed with surgery and chemotherapy, Ann. Int. Med. 42: 1076-1088 (May) 1955. LinkGoogle Scholar18. RichMcCordock ARHA: The pathogenesis of tuberculous meningitis, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 52: 5, 1933. Google Scholar19. SibleyO'Brien WAJL: Intracranial tuberculomas: a review of clinical features and analysis of present day treatment, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 74: 333, 1955. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication July 10, 1957.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. J. S. Bornstein, Chest Department, Michael Reese Hospital, Twenty-ninth Street and Ellis Avenue, Chicago 16, Illinois. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMetagenomic Sequencing of an Echovirus 30 Genome From Cerebrospinal Fluid of a Patient With Aseptic Meningitis and Orchitis 1 March 1959Volume 50, Issue 3Page: 796-804KeywordsBrainCentral nervous systemGastroenterology and hepatologyIsoniazidLesionsLung and intrathoracic tumorsMeningitisMycobacterium tuberculosisOral administrationTuberculosis Issue Published: 1 March 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...