Tuberculous Pachymeningitis Presenting as a Diffused Dural Thickening in a Patient with Chronic Headache and Recurrent Neurological Abnormalities for More than a Decade: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature

BACKGROUND: Tuberculous pachymeningitis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis usually suspected from the detection of thickening of the dura in contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. Progressive nature of the disease can lead to chronic headache with focal neurological signs due to co...

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Autores principales: Fonseka, C. L., Kanakkahewa, T. E., Singhapura, S. D. A. L., Hewavithana, J. S., Kolambage, L. P., Herath, H. M. M., Pathirana, K. D., Weeraratna, Thilak Priyantha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6188763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30364129
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3012034

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