Diabetes Insipidus following Tuberculous Meningitis
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Diabetes insipidus following tuberculous meningitis.
In tuberculous meningitis the site of the maximal infection and of the most dense exudate is the basal cisterns, particularly the cisterna chiasmatis and the cisterna ambiens. This exudate may lead to obstruction of the cerebrospinal fluid pathways, which can be readily demonstrated by pneumoencephalograms (Lorber, 1951). Calcification of this exudate occurs in a large proportion of children wh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1958
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.33.170.315