Hello i am ridhi, i want to ask about my mother disease, my mother is suffering from calcified focus granuloma (Brain) disease. she is taking medicines since many years but no improvement found. Recently in CT scan report again small calcified focus is seen. Should we worried about it ? Please take your advice & what treatment should be necessary for removing this serious disease as soon as possible ?
Dear patient. Greetings from Chat Doctor !!!  I am Chat Doctor and shall be answering your question. I can understand your concerns about your mothers' granuloma in the brain. Furthermore, I will try my best to answer your question and guide you through it. Calcified granuloma could be from CNS tuberculosis. This needs to be treated with anti tuberculosis medicines for 1 year. The granuloma usually shrinks in size, but it may not resolve completely. Another possibility is of a neurocysticersosis. This is treated with albendazole and steroids for a period of 14 to 21 days. The calcified lesion should shrink in size with treatment. An ideal way would be to do a brain biopsy. However if the granuloma is located deep inside or around the vital centers, this is not feasible. I would like to know more details of your mothers MRI brain, history of treatment given, symptoms currently if any. I hope this helps you out. If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to write back to me. Yours sincerely, ChatDoctor.