Intracranial gumma mimicking a tuber cinereum tumor

✍ Scribed by Ay-Ming Wang; Thomas K. Barriger; David P. Wesolowski

• Book ID: 103927565
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 444 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0895-6111
• DOI: 10.1016/0895-6111(91)90110-h

✦ Synopsis

The brain magnetic resonance (MR) and computed tomography (CT) finding in a 37-year-old patient with a history of persistent headache and secondary hypogonadism and with a strongly positive blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption (FTA-ABS) test is reported. A focal enhancing mass was demonstrated involving the tuber cinereum. The mass was markedly reduced after the completion of a course of intravenous administration of penicillin G treatment. This case is interesting because of its rare incidence and unique neuroradiological findings.