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Clinical and Radiographic Findings in Disseminated Tuberculosis of the Brain Neurol 43:1427-1429, Eide,F.F.,et al, 1993 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract We report clinical radiographic findings in a patient with disseminated tuberculosis(TB)of the brain.A Burmese man developed a left hemiparesis and mild cognitive difficulty 1 month into therapy for miliary TB.A head MRI showed numerous(>100)contrast-enhancing supratentorial and infratentorial lesions.Following 9 months of treatment with isoniazid, ethambutol,rifampin,and pyrazinamide,most lesions resolved;however,one cortical tuberculoma enlarged significantly.The patient was continued on isoniazid and rifampin,with radiographic resolution of the tuberculoma 4 months later.

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