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Tuberculosis, Meningeal

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A form of bacterial meningitis caused by MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS or rarely MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS. The organism seeds the meninges and forms microtuberculomas which subsequently rupture. The clinical course tends to be subacute, with progressions occurring over a period of several days or longer. Headache and meningeal irritation may be followed by SEIZURES, cranial neuropathies, focal neurologic deficits, somnolence, and eventually COMA. ,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.16320, 1956-1957

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16320
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 18 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; deaf; and tuberculous meningitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1957

PR2.18811, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18811
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 9 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous meningitis; vomiting; and headache. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958

PR2.18837, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18837
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports, charts and autopsy reports relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 1 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: tuberculous meningitis; pulmonary tuberculosis; and hydrocephalus. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1958

PR2.20333, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20333
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; and tuberculous meningitis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20502, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20502
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary, autopsy report, black-and-white photographs, charts, report and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: T.B. meningitis; pneumoconiosis; epilepsy; and coma. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959