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Intracranial Tuberculoma in a Pregnant Lady: A Hitherto Unknown Case and a Successful Outcome
Central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS-TB) is rarely suspected in pregnancy because its clinical presentation may masquerade other common conditions in pregnancy, such as eclampsia. In high tuberculosis endemic areas, CNS-TB should be suspected with a high degree of suspicion among unimmunized and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9773629/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36569713 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31772 |
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author | Vempati, Roopeessh Samuganathan, Periyaiyadever Raghavan, Prithvi Rajpal, Shreyaa Guralwar, Chinmay Padamati, Bhavani Tango, Tamara Sahu, Sweta Bingi, Thrilok Chander |
author_facet | Vempati, Roopeessh Samuganathan, Periyaiyadever Raghavan, Prithvi Rajpal, Shreyaa Guralwar, Chinmay Padamati, Bhavani Tango, Tamara Sahu, Sweta Bingi, Thrilok Chander |
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description | Central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS-TB) is rarely suspected in pregnancy because its clinical presentation may masquerade other common conditions in pregnancy, such as eclampsia. In high tuberculosis endemic areas, CNS-TB should be suspected with a high degree of suspicion among unimmunized and immunocompromised individuals. We hereby report a case of a 32-year-old pregnant woman conceived by in vitro fertilization due to tubal blockage causing infertility, probably due to chronic infection, who presented with a history of multiple seizure episodes without a history of similar complaints outside this pregnancy. Obstetric examination revealed a gravid uterus larger than the corresponding gestational age, and an antenatal scan confirmed dichorionic diamniotic twins with the first twin in the breech and the second twin in the cephalic presentation. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed multiple nodular lesions of varying sizes that were isointense on T1-weighted imaging and hypointense on T2-weighted imaging in multiple regions of the brain, which suggest tuberculomas. A preterm cesarean section was performed at 31 weeks gestational age due to preterm rupture of membranes. We report this case to enlighten the physicians in diagnosing seizures causing intracranial tuberculoma in pregnant women and utilizing the role of imaging in diagnosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-97736292022-12-23 Intracranial Tuberculoma in a Pregnant Lady: A Hitherto Unknown Case and a Successful Outcome Vempati, Roopeessh Samuganathan, Periyaiyadever Raghavan, Prithvi Rajpal, Shreyaa Guralwar, Chinmay Padamati, Bhavani Tango, Tamara Sahu, Sweta Bingi, Thrilok Chander Cureus Internal Medicine Central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS-TB) is rarely suspected in pregnancy because its clinical presentation may masquerade other common conditions in pregnancy, such as eclampsia. In high tuberculosis endemic areas, CNS-TB should be suspected with a high degree of suspicion among unimmunized and immunocompromised individuals. We hereby report a case of a 32-year-old pregnant woman conceived by in vitro fertilization due to tubal blockage causing infertility, probably due to chronic infection, who presented with a history of multiple seizure episodes without a history of similar complaints outside this pregnancy. Obstetric examination revealed a gravid uterus larger than the corresponding gestational age, and an antenatal scan confirmed dichorionic diamniotic twins with the first twin in the breech and the second twin in the cephalic presentation. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed multiple nodular lesions of varying sizes that were isointense on T1-weighted imaging and hypointense on T2-weighted imaging in multiple regions of the brain, which suggest tuberculomas. A preterm cesarean section was performed at 31 weeks gestational age due to preterm rupture of membranes. We report this case to enlighten the physicians in diagnosing seizures causing intracranial tuberculoma in pregnant women and utilizing the role of imaging in diagnosis. Cureus 2022-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9773629/ /pubmed/36569713 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31772 Text en Copyright © 2022, Vempati 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. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Vempati, Roopeessh Samuganathan, Periyaiyadever Raghavan, Prithvi Rajpal, Shreyaa Guralwar, Chinmay Padamati, Bhavani Tango, Tamara Sahu, Sweta Bingi, Thrilok Chander Intracranial Tuberculoma in a Pregnant Lady: A Hitherto Unknown Case and a Successful Outcome |
title | Intracranial Tuberculoma in a Pregnant Lady: A Hitherto Unknown Case and a Successful Outcome |
title_full | Intracranial Tuberculoma in a Pregnant Lady: A Hitherto Unknown Case and a Successful Outcome |
title_fullStr | Intracranial Tuberculoma in a Pregnant Lady: A Hitherto Unknown Case and a Successful Outcome |
title_full_unstemmed | Intracranial Tuberculoma in a Pregnant Lady: A Hitherto Unknown Case and a Successful Outcome |
title_short | Intracranial Tuberculoma in a Pregnant Lady: A Hitherto Unknown Case and a Successful Outcome |
title_sort | intracranial tuberculoma in a pregnant lady: a hitherto unknown case and a successful outcome |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9773629/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36569713 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31772 |
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