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- Title
Brainstem Tuberculoma in Pregnancy.
- Authors
Muin, Dana A.; Wagner, Katrin; Burian, Rosemarie; Ghaem Maghami, Naghmeh; Lapaire, Olav
- Abstract
We report a case of a Somali refugee who presented in the second trimester of her first pregnancy with a four-week history of gradual right-sided sensomotoric hemisyndrome including facial palsy and left-sided paresis of the oculomotorius nerve causing drooping of the left eyelid and double vision. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging revealed a solitary brainstem lesion. Upon detection of hilar lymphadenopathy on chest X-ray (CXR), the diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis with involvement of the central nervous system was confirmed by PCR and treatment induced with rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol. The patient had a steady neurological improvement and a favorable pregnancy outcome.
- Subjects
BRAIN stem; PREGNANCY; FACIAL paralysis; DIPLOPIA; TUBERCULOSIS; RIFAMPIN; TUMORS
- Publication
Case Reports in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2015, p1
- ISSN
2090-6684
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1155/2015/179483