Tuberculous neuritis: A rare sequel of a common disease.
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2014-01
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Tuberculosis (TB), a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an
infectious disease that continues to be a significant health problem in a
developing country like India. The cause of peripheral neuropathy associated
with tuberculosis is controversial. Possibilities include the toxic effects of antituberculous
chemotherapy (especially, rifampicin, streptomycin & ethambutol),
immune mediated neuropathy, direct invasion of nerves, vasculitic neuropathy,
compressive neuropathy, and meningitic reaction. This report describes an
unusual fi nding of tuberculous granulomas in the peripheral nerve (Greater
auricular nerve) of a patient ,who presented with a painful neck swelling.
Granulomas were present in Greater auricular nerve (C2,C3) biopsy specimen
associated with tuberculous peri-neuritis, but with no more specifi c indications
of the mechanism of the neuropathy.
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Anti-tubercular chemotherapy, granuloma, greater auricular nerve, peri-neuritis, peripheral nerves, tuberculoma, tuberculosis, tuberculous neuritis
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Warpe Bhushan M, Poflee Sandhya V, Pande Nandu P, Shrikhande Anuradha V. Tuberculous neuritis: A rare sequel of a common disease. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2014 Jan-Mar 57 (1): 69-71.