A case of bilateral thalamic infarct complicating tuberculous meningoencephalitis

Ischemic stroke can result from multiple etiologies. It can also be a complication of tuberculous meningoencephalitis and determine its outcome. stroke secondary to tuberculous meningoencephalitis, occurs in 30% cases in the basal ganglia region, unusually in the thalamus. The mechanism of stroke in...

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Autores principales: Aasfara, Jehanne, Regragui, Wafa, Ouardi, Loubna El, Haddou, El Hachmia Ait Ben, Benomar, Ali, Yahyaoui, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6607461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31303947
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.2.13327
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author Aasfara, Jehanne
Regragui, Wafa
Ouardi, Loubna El
Haddou, El Hachmia Ait Ben
Benomar, Ali
Yahyaoui, Mohammed
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description Ischemic stroke can result from multiple etiologies. It can also be a complication of tuberculous meningoencephalitis and determine its outcome. stroke secondary to tuberculous meningoencephalitis, occurs in 30% cases in the basal ganglia region, unusually in the thalamus. The mechanism of stroke in this condition is vasculitis. We report an unusual case of bilateral thalamic infarcts complicating tuberculous meningoencephalitis. Ischemic stroke in tuberculous meningoencephalitis is unpredictable with poor prognosis despite antituberculous drug treatment, emphasising the importance of primary prevention, particularly in tuberculosis endemic areas.
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spelling pubmed-66074612019-07-12 A case of bilateral thalamic infarct complicating tuberculous meningoencephalitis Aasfara, Jehanne Regragui, Wafa Ouardi, Loubna El Haddou, El Hachmia Ait Ben Benomar, Ali Yahyaoui, Mohammed Pan Afr Med J Case Report Ischemic stroke can result from multiple etiologies. It can also be a complication of tuberculous meningoencephalitis and determine its outcome. stroke secondary to tuberculous meningoencephalitis, occurs in 30% cases in the basal ganglia region, unusually in the thalamus. The mechanism of stroke in this condition is vasculitis. We report an unusual case of bilateral thalamic infarcts complicating tuberculous meningoencephalitis. Ischemic stroke in tuberculous meningoencephalitis is unpredictable with poor prognosis despite antituberculous drug treatment, emphasising the importance of primary prevention, particularly in tuberculosis endemic areas. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6607461/ /pubmed/31303947 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.2.13327 Text en © Jehanne Aasfara et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Aasfara, Jehanne
Regragui, Wafa
Ouardi, Loubna El
Haddou, El Hachmia Ait Ben
Benomar, Ali
Yahyaoui, Mohammed
A case of bilateral thalamic infarct complicating tuberculous meningoencephalitis
title A case of bilateral thalamic infarct complicating tuberculous meningoencephalitis
title_full A case of bilateral thalamic infarct complicating tuberculous meningoencephalitis
title_fullStr A case of bilateral thalamic infarct complicating tuberculous meningoencephalitis
title_full_unstemmed A case of bilateral thalamic infarct complicating tuberculous meningoencephalitis
title_short A case of bilateral thalamic infarct complicating tuberculous meningoencephalitis
title_sort case of bilateral thalamic infarct complicating tuberculous meningoencephalitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6607461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31303947
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.33.2.13327
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