Radiological and clinical features of basal ganglia infarction in tuberculous meningitis.
A patient with choreoathetosis and dystonia who had computerized tomography evidence of basal ganglia damage resulting from tuberculous meningitis is presented. It is important to distinguish these extrapyramidal movements from fits, and the observation of such movements in a clinical setting of meningitis should alert physicians to the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis.
Tang
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Department of Paediatrics, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
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D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications*