Hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis coinfection with tuberculosis and actinomycosis

This is a rare case report about hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis coinfection with tuberculosis and actinomycosis in a 35-year-old male. The patient presented with progressive headache, paraesthesia, and blurred vision. Dural biopsy, histology, and cultures are imperative in pachymeningitis for...

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Autores principales: Akhaddar, Ali, Rharrassi, Issam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7395468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32754372
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_383_2020
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description This is a rare case report about hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis coinfection with tuberculosis and actinomycosis in a 35-year-old male. The patient presented with progressive headache, paraesthesia, and blurred vision. Dural biopsy, histology, and cultures are imperative in pachymeningitis for establishing the diagnosis and guiding treatment.
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spelling pubmed-73954682020-08-03 Hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis coinfection with tuberculosis and actinomycosis Akhaddar, Ali Rharrassi, Issam Surg Neurol Int Image Report This is a rare case report about hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis coinfection with tuberculosis and actinomycosis in a 35-year-old male. The patient presented with progressive headache, paraesthesia, and blurred vision. Dural biopsy, histology, and cultures are imperative in pachymeningitis for establishing the diagnosis and guiding treatment. Scientific Scholar 2020-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7395468/ /pubmed/32754372 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_383_2020 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Surgical Neurology International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7395468/
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