Cerebral tuberculoma: a case report

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.

Autor Principal: Gómez Arias, Betty; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Otros Autores: Zarco Montero, Luis Alfonso; Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2010
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/vnimedica/article/view/15989
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Sumario: 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.