Unusual Presentation of Tuberculous Meningitis: Two Case Reports
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 9
Abstract
Tubercular meningitis can be a great mimicker with varied manifestations. Here we present two cases with extremely unusual presentations. First case is of a 22 year boy who presented with 2 weeks history of headache following a minor accidental fall and blunt injury to head and was diagnosed as tubercular meningitis .Second case is a 42 year old man presented with 6 months history of fever and followed by a stroke involving the left capsulogangionic region and diagnosed as tubercular meningitis. First case presented without fever or other features of meningitis while second case had prolonged 6 months fever followed by Vasculitic infarcts related to tuberculosis without any other systemic organ involvement.
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Praveen Kumar Yadav
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