Neurocysticercosis like presentation in a case of CNS tuberculosis.
A clinical picture consisting of seizures, multiple non-tender subcutaneous nodules, and multiple 'nodular or ring' enhancing lesions in computed tomography of the brain is considered characteristic of neurocysticercosis in an endemic area. 1,2 A case with a similar clinical picture, in whom serological tests and histopathological examination of subcutaneous nodule established tuberculosis as a cause, is presented.
Garg
R K
RK
Department of Neurology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.
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Kumar
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D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D012640:Seizures / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology