| Literature DB >> 28293347 |
Tarik Boulahri1, Abdellah Taous1, Maha Aït Berri1, Imane Traibi1, Abdelhadi Rouimi1.
Abstract
Tuberculosis is a public health problem in Morocco. Central nervous system involvement is nevertheless rare, occurring in the context of multifocal or miliary tuberculosis. However, it may be a mode of revelation even in an immunocompetent subject. We report the case of a 30-year old man with language disorder accompanied by significant impairment of general condition. Clinical examination showed Broca's motor aphasia, right-sided pyramidal syndrome and latero-cervical adenopathies. HIV serologic test was negative. Brain MRI showed lesions associating multiple intracranial tuberculomas and meningoencephalitis. Thoracic CT scan showed multiple pulmonary micronodules, cavity wall thickening and bronchiectasia of the right fowler and culmen. Lymph node biopsy revealed typical architecture of a TB granuloma. The diagnosis of multifocal tuberculosis was retained and the patient received anti-bacillary therapy associated with corticosteroid therapy with good clinico-radiological evolution. This study is peculiar due to the appearance and the seat of tuberculous lesions on brain imaging, the absence of immunodeficiency, a good evolution under treatment. It highlights the role of active and exhaustive assessment of associated extracerebral tuberculous infection in the case of cerebromeningeal lesion suggestive of tuberculosis.Entities:
Keywords: Intracranial tuberculoma; brain MRI; meningoencephalitis; multifocal tuberculosis
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Year: 2016 PMID: 28293347 PMCID: PMC5337279 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2016.25.231.11074
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1IRM cérébrale coupe coronale séquence pondéré T2 montrant: un épaississement et hypersignal T2 du cortex de l’insula et du cortex adjacent
Figure 2IRM cérébrale coupe coronale séquence pondéré T1 injectée montrant: prise de contraste méningée en regard du cortex de l’insula
Figure 3IRM cérébrale coupe coronale séquence flair montrant un tuberculome intra parenchymateux frontal gauche
Figure 4IRM cérébrale coupe coronale séquence flair montrant un tuberculome intra parenchymateux cerebelleux vermien
Figure 5Scanner thoracique sans injection de produit de contraste, coupe axiale, fenêtre parenchymateuse montrant de multiples micronodules pulmonaires prédominant aux lobes supérieurs
Figure 6Scanner thoracique sans injection de produit de contraste, coupe axiale, fenêtre parenchymateuse montrant une image cavitaire à paroi épaissie