Unusual presentation of neurological tuberculosis. A case report.
A patient is described whose disease caused difficulty in diagnosis and indicated that neurological tuberculosis, like other extrapulmonary forms of this disease, may be associated with little or no evidence of pulmonary involvement. In a population where tuberculosis is common, antituberculosis drugs should be considered for any patient with undiagnosed illness--especially of the central nervous system--pending investigation. A search of the English-language literature did not reveal a similar report.
Department of Medicine, Umtata Hospital, Transkei.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009192:Myelography; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*