An Uncommon Presentation of a Common Etiology : Tubercular Cerebral Abscess in Pulmonary TB
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Date
2022-12
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Indian Medical Association
Abstract
A patient, recently diagnosed with Pulmonary Tuberculosis and on ATT for the last 1 month, was initially admitted in a primary care setup with severe headache and altered consciousness for 5 days and then referred to our institute for further management. Extensive investigations and imaging led to the conclusion that the patient had a massive Tubercular Brain Abscess (TBA) in the background of Pulmonary TB
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Keywords
Fever, Headache, Tubercular, Cerebral abscess, NCCT Brain, MRI Brain
Citation
Saha Upoma, Chatterjee Sriradha, Pal Srijib, Debnath Navoneel, Pal Salil Kumar. An Uncommon Presentation of a Common Etiology : Tubercular Cerebral Abscess in Pulmonary TB. Journal of The Indian Medical Association. 2022 Dec; 120(12): 64-66