Tuberculous meningitis presenting as mesencephalic infarction and syringomyelia.
Cerebral ischaemia is a serious complication of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) with the anterior circulation most commonly affected. Acute syringomyelia is a very rare complication of TBM. Here, we report an unusual presentation of TBM with a third nerve palsy as a result of posterior circulation stroke as well as a syringomyelia.
Katchanov
Juri
J
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Charité Mitte, Charitèplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. juri.katchanov@charite.de
Bohner
Georg
G
Schultze
Jörg
J
Klingebiel
Randolf
R
Endres
Matthias
M
D000368:Aged; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020520:Brain Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020526:Brain Stem Infarctions / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology