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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2018; 07(01): 051-053
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1585426
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Paradoxical Tuberculomas Complicating Tuberculous Meningitis: About Two Cases

Cherkaoui Mandour
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
,
Jawad Laaguili
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
,
Miloudi Gazzaz
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
,
El Mostarchid Brahim
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
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Received: 14 January 2016

accepted after revision: 11 March 2016

Publication Date:
12 April 2017 (online)

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Abstract

Paradoxical tuberculomas in patients with tuberculous meningitis during antituberculous chemotherapy is an unusual phenomenon. This reaction is due to the immune response of the host to antituberculous drugs. It is commonly seen in the intensive phase of chemotherapy. We report the cases of two patients with tuberculous meningitis who had developed tuberculomas during adequate and appropriate antitubercular therapy. Tuberculous meningitis requires the regular clinical and radiological follow-up to detect paradoxical response.

Keywords

tuberculoma - paradoxical - meningitis
 

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