Central System Nervous Tuberculosis in Infants
| العنوان: | Central System Nervous Tuberculosis in Infants |
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| المؤلفون: | Zohra Fitouri, Souad Bousnina, Faten Tinsa, Saida Ben Becher, Leila Essaddam, Khadija Boussetta |
| المصدر: | Journal of Child Neurology. 25:102-106 |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications, 2009. |
| سنة النشر: | 2009 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Pathology, Time Factors, Tuberculosis, Pituitary Diseases, Tuberculous meningitis, Cerebrospinal fluid, Cerebellar Diseases, Pons, medicine, Humans, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Brain, Infant, Magnetic resonance imaging, Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Hydrocephalus, Tuberculoma, Intracranial, Child, Preschool, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Diabetes insipidus, Female, Tuberculoma, Neurology (clinical), Radiology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, business, Meningitis, Diabetes Insipidus, Follow-Up Studies |
| الوصف: | The lack of specific symptoms and signs in patients with tuberculous meningitis makes early diagnosis difficult. In this report, we reviewed the clinical features and laboratory findings of 6 infants with central system nervous tuberculosis during a 10-year period. One of the patients had multifocal tuberculosis. The mean time to the diagnosis was 32 ± 13.4 days. A contact source was identified in only 2 patients. All 6 patients had abnormal cerebrospinal fluid findings, less than 500 cells/μL with lymphocytic predominance. Computerized tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed hydrocephalus with basal enhancement in 2 patients. One patient developed pontocerebellar and pituitary tuberculomas, which were responsible for compression and diabetes insipidus, 1 year after antituberculous treatment. These localizations are very rare. On the follow-up, 3 patients had hypoacousia and only 1 had severe sequelae, despite a diagnostic delay. |
| تدمد: | 1708-8283 0883-0738 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::2c0eddab73a29c50ab819691a7875979Test https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073809336129Test |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....2c0eddab73a29c50ab819691a7875979 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 17088283 08830738 |
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