A retrospective study of CT findings of intracranial Tuberculosis in patients with AIDS in University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
Date
2008-01
Authors
Min, L. C.
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Publisher
Medical Journal of Zambia.
Abstract
To study the computed tomography (CT) findings of intracranialtuberculosis(T.B)inpatients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome(AIDS). CT findings of intracranial T.B in 40 patients with AIDS were retrospectively analyzed. ResliJf. T.B meningitis were found in 26 cases (65%), Tuberculoma were found in 22 cases (55%), 8 cases had hydrocephalus (2%), 6 cases had cerebral in farts(1597o), cerebritis were found in TB 4 cases(10q7o), combination of T.b meningitis and parenchymal lesions were found in 24 cases (60q). T.B Meningitis, tuberculoma and combination of T.b meningitis and parenchymallesion are common CT findings of intracranial T.B in patient with AIDS.
Description
To study the computed tomography (CT) findings of intracranial tuberculosis(T.B)inpatients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome(AIDS).
Keywords
Tuberculosis in AIDS
Citation
Min, L. C. (2008). A retrospective study of CT findings of intracranial Tuberculosis in patients with AIDS in University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia. Medical Journal of Zambia. Vol. 35, 1