Central Nervous System Tuberculosis: An Imaging-Focused Review of a Reemerging Disease

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Tuberculous abscess mimicking a cerebellopontine angle tumor in a 22-year-old female with miliary pulmonary tuberculosis, right hemiparesis, left facial paresis, and sixth and seventh cranial nerves involvement. Axial T1-weighted image (a) shows a predominantly isosignal lesion in the left hemisphere of cerebellum with extension to CPA and prepontine cistern accompanied by marked peripheral edema and mass effect. Multilobulated enhancement of the lesion is seen in the postcontrast T1-weighted (b) and CT (c) images.

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