Devastating yet treatable complication of tuberculous meningitis: the resistant TB abscess.
BACKGROUND
Tuberculous abscesses may be resistant to medical treatment and may cause devastating complications.


METHODS
Such a lesion persisted in a child treated for tuberculous meningitis and resulted in a seizure with prolonged anoxic damage to the brain. The imaging findings are typical and these lesions should be considered for surgical management.
Andronikou
Savvas
S
Department of Radiology, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 8005, South Africa. docsav@mweb.co.za
Greyling
Petrus J
PJ
D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016862:Tuberculoma, Intracranial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy