MR imaging of intracranial tuberculosis: Emphasis on development of lesions and therapeutic effect

-뇌 We retrospectively an따yzed MRI findings of 14 patients with intracranial tuberculosis according to the dis ease process before anti-tuberculous medication. We also an혀yzed the correlativity between these findings and the clinical outcome after anti-tuberculous medication in 8 patients who had taken follow-up MR imaging. MR imaging was performed with either a 0.5T(1 patient) or 1. 0T(13 patients) superconducting system with spin echo pulse sequences. Abnormalities on MRI were seen in 87%(12/ 14) of the patients. MRI findings consisted of meningeal en hancement(n= 10) , parenchym떠 tuberculoma(n=6) , hydrocephalus(n=5) , and infarction(n=5). Most of them were found within 3 months from symptom-onse t. Parenchym혀 tuberculomas were found after 1