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Locations of Cerebral Infarctions in Tuberculous Meningitis Neuroradiology 34:197-199, Hsieh,F-Y.,et al, 1992 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract The locations of cerebral infarctions were studied in 14 patients with tuberculous meningitis(TBM)and 173 patients with noninflammatory ischemic stroke(IS).In patients with TBM,75%of infarctions occurred in the"TB zone" supplied by medial striate and thalamoperforating arteries.In patients with IS,29%of infarctions occurred in the IS zone,29%in the subcortical white matter,and 24%in(or involving)the cerebral cortex.Only 11%occurred in the TB zone.Bilaterally symmetrical infarctions of the TB zone were common with TBM(71%)but rare with IS(5%).

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