Middle cerebral artery ischemic stroke presentation of miliar tuberculosis

Zalba Etayo, B.; Obón Azuara, B.; Gutiérrez Cía, I.; Villanueva Anadón, B.; Ridruejo Sáez, R.

Anales de Medicina Interna 25(4): 181-182

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 0212-7199
PMID: 18604335
Document Number: 620575
Presence of central nervous system by extrapulmonary tuberculosis is an infrequent disease specially among non HIV infected patients, and it is associated with poor prognosis and high mortality rates. We report a case with a middle cerebral artery ischemic strocke as a first symptom of miliar tuberculosis.

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