Incidental Follow-up Imaging of Previous Ventricular Tuberculosis and Pneumoencephalography in a 57-year-old man
| Autor: | Sandra Neumann, Matthew David Kobetić |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis medicine.medical_treatment ventricular tuberculosis Neurosurgery Infectious Disease Physical examination 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Forearm Neuroimaging medicine magnetic resonance imaging Pneumoencephalography mri medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Quantitative sensory testing General Engineering Magnetic resonance imaging medicine.disease Cannula 3. Good health medicine.anatomical_structure tuberculosis central tuberculosis Radiology business pneumoencephalography 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Cureus Neumann, S & Kobetić, M D 2019, ' Incidental Follow-up Imaging of Previous Ventricular Tuberculosis and Pneumoencephalography in a 57-year-old man ', Cureus, vol. 11, no. 12, e6340 . https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6340 |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| Popis: | We present a rare case of follow-up by neuroimaging in a 57-year-old man with a previous pneumoencephalography to evaluate ventricular tuberculosis (TB). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the whole head was performed at 3T using T1-weighted magnetization-prepared rapid gradient echo (T1-MPRAGE). A full quantitative sensory testing battery on the forearm was also performed, alongside a brief clinical examination. All test results were normal with the exception of the T1-MPRAGE which showed enlarged ventricles and a cyst-like focal changes, mistaken for a sign of old ischaemic infarct. The change, however, is consistent with the insertion of a cannula for the pneumoencephalogram. This is the first follow-up report with neuroimaging presented nearly 40 years after the diagnosis of ventricular TB. |
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