MRI to demonstrate diagnostic features and complications of TBM not seen with CT

Background Computed tomography (CT) findings in children with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) often do not explain the clinical presentation and may even be normal. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the potential to diagnose TBM with greater sensitivity than CT and also to detect more infarcts. Aim...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Child's nervous system 2009-08, Vol.25 (8), p.941-947
Hauptverfasser:	Pienaar, Manana, Andronikou, Savvas, van Toorn, Ronald
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Basal enhancement Brain - diagnostic imaging Brain - pathology Brain Infarction - diagnosis Brain Infarction - diagnostic imaging Brain Infarction - pathology Child Child, Preschool DWI Female Granuloma - diagnosis Granuloma - diagnostic imaging Granuloma - pathology Humans hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus - diagnosis Hydrocephalus - diagnostic imaging Hydrocephalus - pathology Infant infarction Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health meningitis Neurosciences Neurosurgery Original Paper Prognosis Retrospective Studies Tomography, X-Ray Computed tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Meningeal - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Meningeal - diagnostic imaging Tuberculosis, Meningeal - pathology
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