[Variants of meningeal tuberculosis in adults].
The article describes the versions of meningeal tuberculosis in 300 patients observed by the author from 1975 to 1990. In the majority of the patients, the onset of the disease was gradual and its course, typical. For an acute onset of the disease, certain types of serous meningitis (6.7%), influenza (2.3%), acute psychosis (3%), purulent meningitis (1.3%), craniocerebral injury (1%), seriously disturbed cerebral circulation (4%) and lethargic encephalitis (0.66%) were identified. Chronic forms were mainly characterized by fibroplastic processes, local focal neurologic symptoms and congestive changes in the eye ground. The full-scale picture of the disease was sometimes observed at the terminal stage only. In 5% of the patients, such neurologic symptoms, as aphasias and paralyses, were prevalent in the clinical picture. The final diagnosis of a follow-up and repeated examination of the cerebrospinal fluid.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*
Varianty tuberkuleza mozgovykh obolochek u vzroslykh.