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Intracranial and Spinal Tuberculosis: A Rare Entity

CNS tuberculosis has a broad spectrum of disease patterns and a high risk of complications and mortality. We present a case of a 36-year-old man who was diagnosed with neurotuberculosis with intracranial and spinal tuberculomas, meningitis, and spondylodiscitis. The patient was a known case of sarco...

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Autores principales: Rehman, Sara, Rehman, Anis U, Naveed, Muhammed A, Iftikhar, Aamer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8795229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35111471
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20787
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description CNS tuberculosis has a broad spectrum of disease patterns and a high risk of complications and mortality. We present a case of a 36-year-old man who was diagnosed with neurotuberculosis with intracranial and spinal tuberculomas, meningitis, and spondylodiscitis. The patient was a known case of sarcoidosis and was being managed on corticosteroids. His presenting complaints were headache, low-grade fever, severe backache, lower limb weakness, and one episode of altered sensorium. The initial diagnosis was based on imaging findings, which were confirmed with positive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Imaging and clinicopathological correlation enables early diagnosis and treatment and prevents permanent neurological sequelae.
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spelling pubmed-87952292022-02-01 Intracranial and Spinal Tuberculosis: A Rare Entity Rehman, Sara Rehman, Anis U Naveed, Muhammed A Iftikhar, Aamer Cureus Radiology CNS tuberculosis has a broad spectrum of disease patterns and a high risk of complications and mortality. We present a case of a 36-year-old man who was diagnosed with neurotuberculosis with intracranial and spinal tuberculomas, meningitis, and spondylodiscitis. The patient was a known case of sarcoidosis and was being managed on corticosteroids. His presenting complaints were headache, low-grade fever, severe backache, lower limb weakness, and one episode of altered sensorium. The initial diagnosis was based on imaging findings, which were confirmed with positive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Imaging and clinicopathological correlation enables early diagnosis and treatment and prevents permanent neurological sequelae. Cureus 2021-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8795229/ /pubmed/35111471 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20787 Text en Copyright © 2021, Rehman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited.
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Rehman, Sara
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Intracranial and Spinal Tuberculosis: A Rare Entity
title Intracranial and Spinal Tuberculosis: A Rare Entity
title_full Intracranial and Spinal Tuberculosis: A Rare Entity
title_fullStr Intracranial and Spinal Tuberculosis: A Rare Entity
title_full_unstemmed Intracranial and Spinal Tuberculosis: A Rare Entity
title_short Intracranial and Spinal Tuberculosis: A Rare Entity
title_sort intracranial and spinal tuberculosis: a rare entity
topic Radiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8795229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35111471
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20787
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