A 73‐year‐old man with loss of consciousness during treatment for miliary tuberculosis

Masahiro Ohgiya; Yuka Sasaki; Akira Yamane; Sumie Nakamura; Hirotoshi Matsui

doi:10.1002/rcr2.981

Respirology Case Reports (Jun 2022)

A 73‐year‐old man with loss of consciousness during treatment for miliary tuberculosis

Masahiro Ohgiya,
Yuka Sasaki,
Akira Yamane,
Sumie Nakamura,
Hirotoshi Matsui

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Masahiro Ohgiya: Center of Pulmonary Disease, Tokyo National Hospital National Hospital Organization Kiyose Japan
Yuka Sasaki: Center of Pulmonary Disease, Tokyo National Hospital National Hospital Organization Kiyose Japan
Akira Yamane: Center of Pulmonary Disease, Tokyo National Hospital National Hospital Organization Kiyose Japan
Sumie Nakamura: Center of Pulmonary Disease, Tokyo National Hospital National Hospital Organization Kiyose Japan
Hirotoshi Matsui: Center of Pulmonary Disease, Tokyo National Hospital National Hospital Organization Kiyose Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.981
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 6
pp. n/a – n/a

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Key message Miliary tuberculosis is often associated with cerebral tuberculoma, which can manifest during treatment. We present images of a patient with cerebral tuberculoma detected due to emerging neurological symptoms during treatment of miliary tuberculosis.

Published in Respirology Case Reports

ISSN: 2051-3380 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2051-3380

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