Cerebral tuberculoma: a case report
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Mar 16, 2010
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Abstract
The central nervous system (CNS) involvement due to tuberculosis has been an important cause of morbid-mortality in third world countries.
We present a clinical case of a patient with meningitis and CNS tuberculomas, and discuss the diagnostic tests available for this pathology actually.
Keywords
tuberculosis, tuberculomas, meningitis, tuberculosis, tuberculomas, meningitis,
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2. Guy E. Thwaites. Tuberculos meningitis: many questions, too few answers. Lancet Neurology, marzo 2005;(4): 160-70.
3. Larry E. Davis. Subacute and chronic meningitis. Continuum: Lifelong
Learning in Neurology. 2006;12,27-57.
4. Rajpal S. Kashyap, Rani P Kainthla, Anju V Mudaliar, Hemant J Purohit, Girdhar M Taori, and Hatim F Daginawala. Cerebrospinal fluid adenosine deaminase activity: a complimentary tool in the early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. Cerebrospinal Fluid Research, marzo 2006;3:5.
5. Rajpal S Kashyap, Sonali P Ramteke, Poonam S Deshpande, Hemant J
Purohit, Girdhar M Taori, and Hatim F Daginawala. Comparasion of an adenosine deaminase assay with ELISA for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis infection. Med Sci Monit, 2007;13(9): BR200-04.
6. Guy E Thawaites, Jeremy Macmullen-Price, Tran Thi Hong Chau, Pham
Phuong Mai, Nguyen Thi Dung, Cameron P Simmons, Nicholas J White,
Tran Tinh Hien, David Summers, Jeremy J Farrar. Serial MRI to determine the effect of dexamethasone on the cerebral pathology of tuberculous meningitis: an observational study. Lancet Neurol 2007;6:230-6.
7. Prasad K. Singh MB. Corticosteroids for managing tuberculous meningitis (Review). Cochrane database of systematic review, 2008; Issue 1.
How to Cite
Gómez Arias, B., & Zarco Montero, L. A. (2010). Cerebral tuberculoma: a case report. Universitas Medica, 51(2), 220–227. https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.umed51-2.tcrc
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