Shower like pattern of central nervous system tuberculoma

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which adds considerably to global morbidity and mortality. Intracranial tuberculoma remains a significant cause of intracranial mass lesion. It can occur anywhere in the brain with diverse clinical symptoms. Disseminated tuberculosis resulting from the lymphohematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in two or more contiguous sites is a debilitating disease. Although frequently reported in immunocompromised patients, we encountered a case of disseminated tuberculosis with pulmonary and renal involvement and multiple intracranial tuberculoma in an immunocompetent patient.