Abstract
Today, tuberculosis (TB) still constitutes a major problem in developing countries like Turkey. The spread of TB in the society is closely associated with increased prevalence of the immune system deficiencies such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The current chapter will focus on tuberculous meningitis and spinal TB. In both entities, the cranial and spinal involvement may occur concurrently. Owing to the fact that the clinical symptoms offer little help for the differential diagnosis, imaging plays a crucial role for this purpose. Intracranial and spinal tuberculomas which act as single space-occupying lesions that are accompanied by midline shifts and increased intracranial pressure and which fail to respond to chemotherapy should be removed surgically.
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Abbreviations
- ADC:
-
Apparent diffusion coefficient
- CNS:
-
Central nervous system
- CSF:
-
Cerebrospinal fluid
- CT:
-
Computed tomography
- DWI:
-
Diffusion-weighted imaging
- FLAIR:
-
Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery
- IICP:
-
Increased intracranial pressure
- MRI:
-
Magnetic resonance imaging
- RA:
-
Rheumatoid arthritis
- TB:
-
Tuberculosis
- TBM:
-
Tuberculous meningitis
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Tunçyürek, Ö., Turgut, M., Karadeli, E., Özsunar, Y., Turgut, A.T. (2017). Concurrent Occurrence of Brain Tuberculoma Along with Spinal Cord Tuberculoma. In: Turgut, M., Akhaddar, A., Turgut, A., Garg, R. (eds) Tuberculosis of the Central Nervous System. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50712-5_33
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