Open AccessRare manifestation of common disease: An adolescent girl with transient ischemic attack (TIA) like presentation in multiple tuberculoma
Author(s) -
Krutika Tandon,
Rahul Tandon,
Charmy Parikh,
Henil Upadhyay,
Meet Patel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_603_21
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculoma , girl , presentation (obstetrics) , tuberculosis , disease , pediatrics , rare disease , surgery , pathology , psychology , developmental psychology
Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis is a life-threatening infection and has a wide variety of presentations in children. We report a case of intracranial tuberculomas with tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis in an adolescent girl with a recurrent transient ischemic attack (TIA) like unusual presentation managed with antitubercular therapy and anti-convulsant.