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Meningeal tuberculoma mimicking a brain tumor

Radiology Case Reports, 2021
Meningeal tuberculoma is one of the most serious sites of tuberculosis. Its incidence varies depending on the geographical area, rare in Western countries and frequent in developing countries where it represents 5% to 10% of intracranial masses.
Akoli Eklou Baudouin Bravo-Tsri, MD, Issa Konaté, MD, Kouamé Paul Bonfils Kouassi, MD, Estelle Valérie Acko-Ohui, MD, Ange Roland Goulé-BI, MD, Dominique Isart, MD, Emile Kesse Tanoh, MD, Marius Koffi Vangah, MD, Florent Allou Kouadio, MD, B. L. Yao, MD   +9 more
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Analysis of Tuberculosis Meningitis Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most prevalent infectious disease in the world. In recent years there has been a significant increase in the incidence of TB due to the emergence of multidrug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) and the increased numbers of highly susceptible immuno-compromised individuals.
Aysha Arshad, Sujay Dayal, Raj Gadhe, Ajinkya Mawley, Kevin Shin, Daniel Tellez, Phong Phan, Vishwanath Venketaraman   +7 more
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Cerebral tuberculomas: manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in an immunocompromised patient. A case report

Iberoamerican Journal of Medicine, 2023
Tuberculosis (Tb) is, currently, the deadliest infectious disease and is caused by organisms of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; the most common clinical manifestation is pulmonary involvement; however, it can also manifest as extrapulmonary ...
Vianey Guadalupe Tellez Bolaños, Alejandra Lizbeth Salinas Atriano, Karla Daniela Salgado Guizar, Louis Fernando Robles Fernandez, Francisco Javier Pedraza Murillo, Roberto Camarena Álvarez   +5 more
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An Unusual Form of Meningeal Tuberculosis [PDF]

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 1914
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Meningeal TB in a 39-Year-Old Male Presenting with Headache

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2017
Meningeal tuberculosis is rare in the developed world, with only 92 cases of meningeal TB reported in the United States in 2014 according to the CDC (CDC, 2015).
Jason Selinger, Thar El Baage
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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.
Alexandre R.D. Yacoub, Leonardo Giacomini, Enrico Guizoni, Roger Neves Mathias, Andrei F. Joaquim, Helder Tedeschi   +5 more
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Intra-abdominal lymphatic tuberculosis as a rare case of small intestine volvulus

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2019
Tuberculosis used to be uncommon in the developed countries but seems to be still on rampant in developing countries. However, there seems to be an increasing occurrence in the developed countries too mainly due to low living conditions, increased ...
Filitsa Konstantara, Sotiria Stamopoulou, Ioannis D Gkegkes, Ioannis Kotrogiannis, Eleftherios Fotiou, Christos Papazacharias, Ioannis A Paraskevopoulos, Dimitrios Filippou, Panagiotis Skandalakis   +8 more
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Rapid Brain Meninges Surface Reconstruction with Layer Topology Guarantee [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
The meninges, located between the skull and brain, are composed of three membrane layers: the pia, the arachnoid, and the dura. Reconstruction of these layers can aid in studying volume differences between patients with neurodegenerative diseases and normal aging subjects.
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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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Procalcitonin as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Factor for Tuberculosis Meningitis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Neurology, 2016
We investigated the potential role of serum procalcitonin in differentiating tuberculosis meningitis from bacterial and viral meningitis, and in predicting the prognosis of tuberculosis meningitis.This was a retrospective study of 26 patients with tuberculosis meningitis.
Si Eun Kim, Sung Eun Kim, Jinse Park, Sam Yeol Ha, Kyong Jin Shin, Bong Soo Park, Jinseung Kim, Kang Min Park   +7 more
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