Central nervous system and spinal cord tuberculosis: Revisiting an important disease
| Autor: | Poliana Palma Barbieri, Arnolfo de Carvalho Neto, Cleverson Alex Leitão, Bernardo Corrêa de Almeida Teixeira, Ana Carolina Nicoletti Basso, Gabriel Lucca de Oliveira Salvador |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Central Nervous System
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Central nervous system Disease Tuberculous meningitis 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Mycobacterium tuberculosis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging biology business.industry medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Magnetic Resonance Imaging Hydrocephalus medicine.anatomical_structure Spinal Cord 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Tuberculosis Meningeal Tuberculoma business Meningitis |
| Zdroj: | Clinical imaging. 69 |
| ISSN: | 1873-4499 |
| Popis: | Tuberculosis is a worldwide pandemic. Estimated that about 25% humans are colonized by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and about 1% are believed to develop the infection in the central nervous system (CNS-TB). Given the importance of this disease and its high levels of morbidity and mortality, it is imperative that every radiologist must be reminded of the most common findings of CNS-TB as there are several related differential diagnoses for this disease. The most common form CNS-TB is tuberculous meningitis (TBM), characterized mostly by basal meningitis, but infarction, hydrocephalus and tuberculomas could be present. Intracerebral tuberculosis is characterized by tuberculomas that can have different imaging features according to their stage. Vascular and spinal complications of tuberculosis are also reported. This review compiles the classic and unusual findings regarding CNS-TB together with new diagnostic scores in which neuroimaging have an important role. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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