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MR imaging and angiography in tuberculous meningitis

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MRI was performed on 26 patients with tuberculous meningitis, with particular reference to document the cranial nerve abnormalitics. MR angiography (MRA) was performed in 20 of the patients. Meningeal enhancement in the basal cisterns or over the convexity of brain was seen in all patients; two show ependymal enhancement. Tuberculomas, single (3), multiple (12) or miliary (2) were detected in 17 patients. Of the 9 patients with cranial nerve palsies, 7 showed contrast enhancement with or without thickening of the involved nerve. Abnormality signal intensity of the involved nerve was seen on proton density and T2-weighted images in one of these patients. MRA revealed focal arterial narrowing in 10 patients, the vessels commonly affected being the terminal segment of the internal carotid artery and the proximal segments of the middle and anterior cerebral arteries. One patient also had a small aneurysm of the proximal middle cerebral artery. Infarcts, haemorrhagic (8) or bland (6), were detected in 14 patients; most were the basal ganglia and internal capsules, large middle or anterior cerebral arterial territory infarcts being seen in only two cases.

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  1. MR Section, Department of Radiology, SGPGIMS, 226001, Lucknow, India

    R. K. Gupta, S. Gupta & R. B. Gujral

  2. Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

    D. Singh & B. Sharma

  3. Department of Paediatrics, King George Medical College, Lucknow, India

    A. Kohli

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Gupta, R.K., Gupta, S., Singh, D. et al. MR imaging and angiography in tuberculous meningitis. Neuroradiology 36, 87–92 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588066

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