Miliary Brain Tuberculomas and Meningitis: Tuberculosis Beyond the Lungs
Tuberculosis remains one of the most common infectious diseases. Miliary presentation is a rare and possibly lethal form, resulting from massive lymphohaematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli. The authors describe the case of a 47-year-old immunocompetent woman, diagnosed wi...
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doaj-20190bacc9b24245a42fc4df3fc50b082020-11-25T03:55:02ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942020-09-0110.12890/2020_0019311547Miliary Brain Tuberculomas and Meningitis: Tuberculosis Beyond the LungsGisela Vasconcelos0Ligia Santos1Catarina Couto2Margarida Cruz3Alice Castro4Internal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Tâmega e Sousa, Penafiel, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Tâmega e Sousa, Penafiel, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Tâmega e Sousa, Penafiel, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Tâmega e Sousa, Penafiel, PortugalInternal Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar Tâmega e Sousa, Penafiel, PortugalTuberculosis remains one of the most common infectious diseases. Miliary presentation is a rare and possibly lethal form, resulting from massive lymphohaematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli. The authors describe the case of a 47-year-old immunocompetent woman, diagnosed with miliary tuberculosis, with both lung and central nervous system involvement, who showed total recovery after starting anti-tuberculous drugs. The atypical neutrophilic-predominant pleocytosis and negative cerebrospinal fluid microbiological results made the diagnosis even more challenging. Since prognosis largely depends on timely treatment, recognition and prompt diagnosis is important. Thus, clinicians should be aware and treatment should be initiated as soon as the diagnosis is suspected.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1931miliary tuberculosismeningitisbrain tuberculomas |
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Gisela Vasconcelos Ligia Santos Catarina Couto Margarida Cruz Alice Castro |
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Gisela Vasconcelos Ligia Santos Catarina Couto Margarida Cruz Alice Castro Miliary Brain Tuberculomas and Meningitis: Tuberculosis Beyond the Lungs European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine miliary tuberculosis meningitis brain tuberculomas |
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Gisela Vasconcelos Ligia Santos Catarina Couto Margarida Cruz Alice Castro |
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Gisela Vasconcelos |
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Miliary Brain Tuberculomas and Meningitis: Tuberculosis Beyond the Lungs |
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Miliary Brain Tuberculomas and Meningitis: Tuberculosis Beyond the Lungs |
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Miliary Brain Tuberculomas and Meningitis: Tuberculosis Beyond the Lungs |
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Miliary Brain Tuberculomas and Meningitis: Tuberculosis Beyond the Lungs |
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Miliary Brain Tuberculomas and Meningitis: Tuberculosis Beyond the Lungs |
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miliary brain tuberculomas and meningitis: tuberculosis beyond the lungs |
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SMC MEDIA SRL |
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine |
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2284-2594 |
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2020-09-01 |
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Tuberculosis remains one of the most common infectious diseases. Miliary presentation is a rare and possibly lethal form, resulting from massive lymphohaematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli. The authors describe the case of a 47-year-old immunocompetent woman, diagnosed with miliary tuberculosis, with both lung and central nervous system involvement, who showed total recovery after starting anti-tuberculous drugs. The atypical neutrophilic-predominant pleocytosis and negative cerebrospinal fluid microbiological results made the diagnosis even more challenging. Since prognosis largely depends on timely treatment, recognition and prompt diagnosis is important. Thus, clinicians should be aware and treatment should be initiated as soon as the diagnosis is suspected. |
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miliary tuberculosis meningitis brain tuberculomas |
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https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1931 |
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