Spinal tuberculosis is the commonest form of skeletal tuberculosis accounting for about 50% of osteo articular tuberculosis [1]. Spinal tuberculosis is a common infectious disease found in developing countries like India. Often patients present with Pott’s disease related paraplegia attended by "destruction of vertebral body, lamina, pedicle and spinous process with perivertebral abscess" Intra...

Introduction: Neurological disorders are observed in about 70% of HIV/AIDS cases, which intracranial mass lesions characterize 10-20%. In addition, the incidence intracerebral hemorrhage is frequently associated with several etiologies, including toxoplasmosis and cerebral tuberculosis. This manifestation has been attributed most common opportunistic infections developing countries. Therefore, ...

A 22 year old HIV negative Asian woman was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) following onset of cough, fevers, and weight loss. A chest radiograph showed bilateral reticulonodular shadowing and bronchoscopy cultured fully sensitive Mycobacterium tuberculosis. She began routine quadruple therapy and her symptoms resolved. Four months into treatment she developed an occipital headache, tinnitus an...

Tumor necrosis factor α antagonist therapies represent an increased risk of reactivation of tuberculosis. We report two cases of life-threatening disseminated tuberculosis in patients undergoing treatment with infliximab for Crohn's disease including one case of a patient with cerebral tuberculomas. We discuss the implication of tumor necrosis factor α in the genesis of tuberculosis infection a...

I read with interest the article by Gautam, et al. [1]. I agree that brainstem tuberculoma can cause nuclear gaze palsy and fascinating neuro-ophthalmological findings. However, I think further clarification regarding pathophysiological mechanism of the gaze palsy may be interesting for the readers. Particularly, two points I want to raise are: difficulty in differentiating pathological lesions...

Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis is a potentially life threatening condition which is curable if the correct diagnosis is made in the early stages. Its clinical and radiologic manifestations may mimic other infectious and noninfectious neurological conditions. Hence, familiarity with the imaging presentations of various forms of CNS tuberculosis is essential in timely diagnosis, and th...