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Tuberculous meningitis
Meningite tuberculosa
CategoryDefinition
Tuberculous meningitis is tuberculosis where bacilli seed to the meninges or brain parenchyma, resulting in the formation of small subpial or subependymal foci of metastatic caseous lesions, and dissemination into the subarachnoid space causing meningitis.
Inclusions
- Tuberculous leptomeningitis
Index Terms
Tuberculous meningitistubercular meningitisTBM - [tuberculous meningitis]Meningitis due to Mycobacterium TBcaseous meningitistuberculous meninges adhesionsTuberculous leptomeningitisTB meningitismeningeal tuberculosisMeningeal TBmeningeal TBC - [tuberculosis]Bacterial meningitis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosis of cerebral meningescerebral meningeal TBC - [tuberculosis]cerebral meningeal TB - [tuberculosis]Tuberculosis of spinal meningescaseous spinal meningitistuberculous spinal meningitistuberculous arachnoiditisspinal meningeal TB - [tuberculosis]spinal meningeal TBC - [tuberculosis]