Primary Cerebellar Tuberculoma in Arnold-Chiari Malformation Mimicking Posterior Cranial Fossa Tumor: the First Report

Abstract

Chiari malformations are a congenital heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by anatomic anomalies of the cerebellum, brain stem, and craniocervical junction associated with downward displacement of the cerebellum, alone or with lower medulla, into the cervical spine canal. The patient was a 23-year-old woman, a known case of Arnold-Chiari malformation with peripheral neuropathy and muscular atrophy, who presented with headache, drowsiness, decreased vision, and severe gait dysfunction lasting for several years. Brain magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a hypointense signal mass in the left hemisphere of the cerebellum causing mass effects on the fourth ventricle, which shifted it, accompanied with dilation of third and lateral ventricles.