Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a prevalent parasitic infection of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by Taenia solium larvae. It commonly found in developing countries with high incidence both NCC and CNS tuberculosis. In cases where patients have history pulmonary tuberculosis, lesions arising from can be misdiagnosed as tuberculomas. Furthermore, when papilledema (a sign raised intracranial...

Introduction: Tuberculosis is relatively common in reproductive age and thereby can be observed pregnancy. Some of the clinical presentations tuberculosis overlap with nonspecific symptoms that are found normal Therefore, delay diagnosis understandable. The aim our study to indicate related sanitary inadequacy crowding should considered every patient such circumstances. Case Presentation: This ...

A 58-year-old immunocompetent man presented with a 6-month history of cough, fever and swelling of the upper chest wall. Computed tomography showed involvement of the clavicle, sternum, lungs, pleura and pericardium. Trans-bronchial biopsy of the lungs, and surgical debridement with partial resection of the manubrium revealed infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Figs. 1 and 2). Fig. 1. Co...

Disseminated tuberculosis in HIV infection involves multiple organs. Pulmonary and lymph node involvement are the commonest form of tuberculosis in HIV infection [1, 2]. Other forms of tuberculosis in the absence of lung and lymph node involvement are rare. Various forms of abdominal [3, 4] and neurological [5, 6] tubercular involvement in HIV infection have been reported. But tuberculosis pres...

In high-burden countries, Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is administered in newborn to prevent severe Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Because life-threatening disseminated BCG disease may occur in children with primary immunodeficiency, vaccination strategy against tuberculosis should be redefined in non-high-burden countries. We report the case of a patient wi...