Open AccessIntracranial Tuberculoma Presenting as Atypical Eclampsia: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Sendhil Coumary Arumugam,
Sharmila Murugesan,
Sunitha Pradeep,
Lopamudra B. John,
Vasavi Kolluru
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/18782.8053
Subject(s) - tuberculoma , eclampsia , medicine , proteinuria , pregnancy , tuberculosis , pediatrics , preeclampsia , disease , surgery , pathology , biology , genetics , kidney
Occurrence of eclampsia before 20 weeks of pregnancy and after 48 hours of delivery in the absence of typical signs of hypertension and or proteinuria is termed as atypical eclampsia. Atypical or non-classic eclampsia will have some symptoms of eclampsia but without the usual proteinuria or hypertension. All patients with atypical onset should undergo neurological evaluation to rule out neurologic causes of seizures. Cerebral tuberculosis is a rare and serious form of disease secondary to haematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Here we present a case of cerebral tuberculoma with seizures in late pregnancy mimicking eclampsia.