A Case of Complete Treatment of Multiple Intracranial Tuberculoma

범발성 두개내 결핵종 완치 1례

Although the incidence of intracranial tuberculosis in children have been decreased with development of antituberculous therapy, mortality rate is still high as formerly if the diagnosis and treatment was not performed early. Authors report a case of a 5-month old male with multiple intracranial tuberculoma who have been accompanied by miliary tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis. He was hospitalized at the pediatric department of Wonkwang University Hospital with mild fever and persistent cough. The brain MRI was performed and showed that there were multiple intracranial micronodular densities, perinodular edema and diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement which were disappeared completely after antituberculosis chemotherapy for 12 months and he had completely recovered without sequale.

어린 영유아에서 결핵성 육아종 및 결핵성 수막염, 속립성 결핵 등의 중증 결핵은 치료 시작시 임상상태와 밀접한 연관이 있으며 경과가 진행될수록 예후가 좋지 못하다. 본 증례에서는 결핵성 육아종과 함께 결핵성 수막염 및 속립성 결핵이 동반된 영아에서 12개월 동안 항결핵 요법을 시행한 후 특별한 임상적, 이학적, 신경학적 이상 소견 없는 완치를 경험하였기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.