A Case of Miliary Tuberculosis Associated with Multiple Intracranial Tuberculoma

다발성 뇌결핵종을 동반한 속립결핵 1례

The incidence of tuberculosis has been decreased, and especially the incidence of severe complicated tuberculosis has been markedly decreased as the result of widely used BCG vaccines. But tuberculosis is still an important community accquired infectiouse disease in the world despite continued worldwide efforts to control the disease. Miliary tuberculosis, the most serious complicated tuberculosis, can be occurred by lymphohematogenous dissemination of tuberculosis, and intracranial tuberculoma with or without tuberculosis meningitis can be developed in case of miliary tuberculosis. In general, serious tuberculosis infections such as miliary tuberculosis and CNS tuberculosis are developed especially in young infants and children in cases of delayed diagnosis and treatment despite receiving BCG vaccination, and usually those patients have contact sources. Intrcranial tuberculoma in children are usually found near infratentorial site at the base of cerebellum, and clinically symptoms and signs of increased intracranial pressure developed before treatment. Serial brain CT or MRI is a good non-invasive diagnostic modality of intracranial tuberculoma. Although surgical intervention was initially advocated as the mainstay of intracranial tuberculoma therapy, but many recent clinical studies indicate that intracranial tuberculoma can be cured with medical treatment alone. We experienced a case of 3 months old male patient, who was diagnosed as having miliary tuberculosis associated with multiple intracranial tuberculoma. He received BCG vaccination at 4 weeks after birth, and his father was confirmed as active pulmonary tuberculosis patient after this patient's admission. We report this case with a review of related literatures.

국내에서 소아의 중증 결핵 환자는 사회경제적 발달과 BCG 백신의 적극적 접종으로 인하여 현저히 빈도수가 감소하였다. 저자들은 BCG 접종을 생후 4주에 실시했음에도 불구하고 가족내의 결핵 환자 발생이 인지되지 않아 조기 치료의 기회를 놓침으로서 속립결핵과 뇌결핵종의 합병증이 유발된 중증 결핵 환아 1례를 경험하였기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.