title: Locations of cerebral infarctions in tuberculous meningitis.
abstract: The locations of cerebral infarctions were studied in 14 patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and 173 patients with noninflammatory ischemic stroke (IS). In patients with TBM, 75% of infarctions occurred in the "TB zone" supplied by medial striate and thalamoperforating arteries; only 11% occurred in the "IS zone" supplied by lateral striate, anterior choroidal and thalamogeniculate arteries. In patients with IS, 29% of infarctions occurred in the IS zone, 29% in the subcortical white matter, and 24% in (or involving) the cerebral cortex. Only 11% occurred in the TB zone. Bilaterally symmetrical infarctions of the TB zone were common with TBM (71%) but rare with IS (5%).
authors.affiliation: Section of Neurology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: F Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Chia
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging