Transient tuberculous meningitis.
Tuberculous meningitis generally is considered to be relentlessly progressive, unless specific therapy is administered. The "aseptic meningitis" of a 56-year-old diabetic patient proved to be tuberculous and regressed spontaneously. Review of the literature shows that spontaneous healing of tuberculous meningitis has been described and demonstrated previously. Awareness of this entity and its recognition are important because this disease may be a focus for subsequent tuberculosis of other organ systems.
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal