'Trapped temporal horn' of lateral ventricle in tuberculous meningitis.
A young girl presented with a 1-month history of constitutional symptoms, headache and vomiting and 7-day history of left hemiparesis. Neuroimaging showed the 'trapped temporal horn' sign, suggestive of focal obstructive hydrocephalus at the foramen of Monro. Analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid and other investigations revealed a tubercular aetiology. The patient was managed with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt and antitubercular medications.
Department of Neurology, Sawai Mansingh Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Chandramohan
C
Sharma
Mihir
M
Acharya
Bansi Lal
BL
Kumawat
Abhishek
A
Kochar
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt; D055815:Young Adult
D000995:Antitubercular Agents