Rare manifestation of common disease: An adolescent girl with transient ischemic attack (TIA) like presentation in multiple tuberculoma

Abstract

Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis is a life-threatening infection and has a wide variety of presentations in children. We report a case of intracranial tuberculomas with tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis in an adolescent girl with a recurrent transient ischemic attack (TIA) like unusual presentation managed with antitubercular therapy and anti-convulsant.

Keywords

• focal neurological deficits
• transient ischemic attack (tia)
• tuberculoma