Twenty cases of intracranial tuberculoma were treated by us. A clinical-radiographic syndrome was recognized, consisting of an avascular enhancing mass lesion surrounded by marked edema and associated with relatively less severe clinical manifestations than would have been expected from the size and location of the lesion. This allowed successful medical therapy with three antituberculous drugs for an average of 12 months. Steroids, when used, were beneficial in relieving symptoms of cerebral edema without causing spread of tuberculosis. Medically treated patients had a significantly better functional recovery than those from whom the tuberculoma was excised.
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