Neuro-meningeal tuberculosis: A pediatric case report and review of the literature [PDF]
Radiology Case ReportsPediatric neuro-meningeal tuberculosis leads to high rates of mortality and morbidity. Prompt diagnosis and initiation of treatment are challenging; imaging findings play a key role in establishing the presumptive diagnosis.
Chaimae Lahlou, MD +6 more
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Clinical and radiological characteristics of parenchymal and meningeal spinal tuberculosis [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Spinal tuberculosis is a rare condition that can result in significant neurological impairments. It is typically classified into two main types based on the anatomical involvement: parenchymal and meningeal.
Qiu-Lan Shan +7 more
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A Rare Presentation of Invasive Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System in an Immunocompetent Patient in a Nonendemic Country [PDF]
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2018 We herein report a rare case of a 25-year-old immunocompetent male patient with disseminated tuberculosis of central nervous system (CNS), first presenting as multiple cerebral lesions with no meningeal involvement. Subsequent diagnostic workup disclosed
Rita Martins +3 more
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Paradoxical reaction to the treatment of tuberculosis uncovering previously silent meningeal disease [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2002 The development of paradoxical clinical worsening following initiation of tuberculosis treatment may complicate the clinical course of both HIV-infected and uninfected patients.
Walter A. Eyer-Silva +3 more
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Diffuse Meningeal Tuberculosis
JBNC - JORNAL BRASILEIRO DE NEUROCIRURGIA, 2018 A central nervous system infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT), uncommonly seen in immunocompetent patients, brings a diagnose challenge in the modern medicine. Subdural space involvement of MT may simulate neoplastic or inflammatory diseases, bringing a direct influence in the therapeutics.
Leonardo Giacomini +5 more
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An unusual triad: tuberculomas, tubercular meningitis, and hydrosyringomyelia in a child from a suburban region [PDF]
International Journal of Emergency MedicineCentral nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis is a rare but serious manifestation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, especially in the paediatric population.
Anand Hatgaonkar, Kajal Hatgaonkar
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Time trend and clinical pattern of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Serbia, 1993-2007 [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2012 Background/Aim. Increased incidence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (XPTB) is reported worldwide. Serbia is a country in socio-economic transition period with lowmiddle HIV prevalence and intermediate-to-low tuberculosis (TB) incidence rate, 100 ...
Pešut Dragica P. +2 more
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Intradural Spinal Tuberculosis in the Absence of Vertebral or Meningeal Tuberculosis: A Case Report
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2006 We present a patient with spinal intradural tuberculosis in the absence of both vertebral and meningeal tuberculosis. Diagnosis was made based on intra-operative findings and was confirmed by histopathology.
CK Sree Harsha, AP Shetty, S Rajasekaran
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Phenotype of Peripheral NK Cells in Latent, Active, and Meningeal Tuberculosis. [PDF]
J Immunol Res, 2021 Choreño-Parra JA +18 more
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