Diabetes insipidus secondary to tuberculous meningoencephalitis with hypothalamic involvement extending to the hypophysis: a case report

Abstract The involvement of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the central nervous system (CNS) is an uncommon and devastating manifestation of tuberculosis. We report a case of disseminated tuberculosis presenting as meningoencephalitis, hypothalamic involvement with extension to the hypophysis, and sec...

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Published in:	Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors:	Monique Freire Santana, Guilherme Augusto Pivoto João, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães de Lacerda, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects:	Tuberculosis Meningoencephalitis Hypothalamus Hypophysitis Insipidus diabetes
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822018000600865&lng=en&tlng=en