Abstract
A middle-aged woman presenting with multiple cranial neuropathies, hemiparesis, and CSF pleocytosis had tuberculous infection of the cranial dura mater at autopsy. This is the first description of dural scrofula in modern medical literature.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Autopsy
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Brain Diseases* / diagnosis
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Brain Diseases* / pathology
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Dura Mater* / pathology
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Female
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Humans
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Middle Aged
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Tuberculosis, Meningeal* / diagnosis
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Tuberculosis, Meningeal* / pathology