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Rev. chil. med. intensiv ; 22(2): 118-121, 2007. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-518979

ABSTRACT

La tuberculosis sigue siendo un importante problema y un tópico de la salud pública de magnitud considerable. La tuberculosis que compromete al sistema nervioso central es un importante y serio compromiso extrapulmonar. El infarto y la hidrocefalia cerebral son complicaciones graves de la meningitis tuberculosa y son de mal pronóstico. Presentamos a un paciente con tuberculosis miliar y compromiso meníngeo que cursa con infartos cerebrales múltiples e hidrocefalia. Él presentó una mala evolución y falleció.


Tuberculosis remains a major global problem and a public health issue of considerable magnitude.Tuberculosis involvement of the central nervous system is an important and serious type of extra pulmonary involvement.Cerebral infarction and hydrocephalus are serious complications of tuberculous meningitis and may worsen the prognosis.We present a patient of milliar tuberculosis and meningeal compromise that course with multiple cerebral infarcts and hydrocephalus. He had a poor outcome.


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Humans , Male , Adult , Hydrocephalus/etiology , Tuberculosis, Meningeal/complications , Tuberculosis, Meningeal/diagnosis , Tuberculosis, Meningeal/therapy , Fatal Outcome , Cerebral Infarction/etiology
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