The operculum syndrome: an unusual complication of tuberculous meningitis.
The operculum syndrome, not previously documented as a complication of tuberculous meningitis, is described in a three-year-old African boy. The appearance on CT scan correlates radiographically with anatomical descriptions of the operculum syndrome, and is useful in distinguishing the condition from pseudobulbar palsy.
Moodley
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Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Natal, Congella South Africa.
Bamber
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D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging