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Radiological and clinical features of basal ganglia infarction in tuberculous meningitis
Author(s) -
TANG P. S.,
LOW L. C. K.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1989.tb02357.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiological weapon , basal ganglia , tuberculous meningitis , infarction , meningitis , radiology , pathology , surgery , central nervous system , myocardial infarction
A patient with choreoathetosis and dystonia who had computerized tomography evidence of basal ganglia damage resulting from tuberculous meningitis is presented. It is important to distinguish these extrapyramidal movements from fits, and the observation of such movements in a clinical setting of meningitis should alert physicians to the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis.