A Complicated Case of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis in an Immuno Competent 25 year old Female with Visual Hallucinations and Blindness: Lessons Learned from a Rare Entity
Aakanksha Kharb,
Sunny Garg
Abstract:Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of the death in low-income countries, and central nervous system-TB (CNS-TB) is one of the most devastating variants of TB. A spectrum of symptoms can occur, ranging from nonspecific and heterogeneous to focal signs in the form of neurological complications. This case report describes a case of CNS-TB in a 25-year-old woman who presented with headache, fever, malaise, and generalized weakness of the lower extremities, followed by an unresponsive state. The patient was diagn… Show more
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