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Incidental Follow-up Imaging of Previous Ventricular Tuberculosis and Pneumoencephalography in a 57-year-old man
We present a rare case of follow-up by neuroimaging in a 57-year-old man with a previous pneumoencephalography to evaluate ventricular tuberculosis (TB). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the whole head was performed at 3T using T1‐weighted magnetization‐prepared rapid gradient echo (T1‐MPRAGE). A...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6952033/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31938628 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6340 |
Sumario: | We present a rare case of follow-up by neuroimaging in a 57-year-old man with a previous pneumoencephalography to evaluate ventricular tuberculosis (TB). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the whole head was performed at 3T using T1‐weighted magnetization‐prepared rapid gradient echo (T1‐MPRAGE). A full quantitative sensory testing battery on the forearm was also performed, alongside a brief clinical examination. All test results were normal with the exception of the T1-MPRAGE which showed enlarged ventricles and a cyst-like focal changes, mistaken for a sign of old ischaemic infarct. The change, however, is consistent with the insertion of a cannula for the pneumoencephalogram. This is the first follow-up report with neuroimaging presented nearly 40 years after the diagnosis of ventricular TB. |
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