Teaching NeuroImage: CT and MRI Radiologic Features and Evolution of Miliary Cerebral Tuberculosis
QuantiFERON-TB were positive, confirming tuberculosis.The patient demonstrated clinical and radiologic improvement after 3 weeks with antituberculous treatment.CNS miliary tuberculosis results from massive hematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 1 Romania remains the country with the highest tuberculosis incidence in the European Union. 2 Radiologic differential diagnosis includes neurosarcoidosis, metastases, and other infectious conditions such as neurocysticercosis, toxoplasmosis, and abscess.
Authors
- Mariana Cifuentes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9485-3490)
- Anaís Caballero Aroca
- José Gil Martínez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5812-8889)
- A. Jimenez
- M. Martínez
Institutions
- Hospital Rafael Méndez (ES)
- Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria (ES)
- Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca (ES)
- Universidad de Murcia (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurology
- Published
- 2025-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000214267
- Primary Topic
- Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00