Krauth DS, Stone-Garza KK, Amaro DE, Reed SL, Katsivas TF. Central nervous system Tuberculosis in a man from Cambodia with worsening headaches.
Clin Case Rep 2017;
5:1561-1564. [PMID:
29026544 PMCID:
PMC5628222 DOI:
10.1002/ccr3.1119]
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Abstract
Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis should be considered in patients from endemic nations with worsening neurological symptoms. If imaging reveals possible CNS tuberculomas, potentially life‐threatening lesions should be excised and analyzed. When disease is less severe, other tissues possibly infected should be biopsied first for diagnosis to avoid neurosurgery.
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