This case report describes the features of a tuberculous subretinal abscess in a non-HIV patient. It includes the characterization of the lesion with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and fundus autofluorescence examination. SD-OCT and autofluorescence imaging showed external retinal involvement during development of the tuberculous subretinal abscess. Patients with tubercul...

In spite of recent advances in understanding of disease, tuberculosis still remains a major health problem, particularly in developing countries[1]. Central nervous system tuberculosis may present as commonly encountered tuberculous meningitis or tuberculous mass lesions and rare tuberculous brain abscess (TBA).TBA are rarely encountered even in countries where CNS tuberculosis is relatively co...

In patients without systemic manifestations of tuberculosis, isolated brainstem tuberculous abscesses are infrequently observed. The present study reports a rare case of two cystic tuberculous abscesses involving the dorsal aspect of the medulla oblongata in an otherwise healthy 14-year-old Chinese girl, whose primary complaint was respiratory distress. These lesions were successfully treated u...

The present study aims to test reliability of interferon gamma (IFNγ) as a diagnostic marker for tuberculous pleurisy. In this study, interleukin-8 (IL-8), tumour necrosis factor α (TNF-α) and interferon gamma (IFN-γ) were therefore compared with adenosine deaminase (ADA) in exudative pleural effusion of inflammatory, malignant and tuberculous origin to determine their diagnostic value and whet...

Pyogenic and tuberculous spondylitis are common causes of infectious spondylitis. The purpose of this study was to determine the specific MRI findings that can differentiate these two types of infectious spondylitis. This study retrospectively analyzed MRIs in patients diagnosed with infectious spondylitis from January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2009. Tuberculous spondylitis was diagnosed by histo...

A 26-year-old man with multiple intracranial masses widely attached to the dura presented with hypopituitarism and sexual impotence. Magnetic resonance imaging showed the lesions were isointense on the T1-weighted and hypointense on the T2-weighted images, and involved the bilateral sphenoid ridges, the convexity, and tentorial incisura. The lesion was partially removed via the right pterional ...

The aim is to study the significance of adenosine deaminase levels in the diagnosis and differentiation of tuberculous pleural effusion from other non tuberculous pleural effusions. METHOD: A total of eighty (80) patients of pleural effusion were included in the study, out of which 50 were cases of tuberculous pleural effusion and 30 controls of non tuberculous pleural effusion. RESULTS: Adenos...

Tuberculosis (TB) has become a rare disease in the developed countries but it is still a serious problem in developing countries. Incidence of tuberculous osteomyelitis of the jaw bones is very low. This rare incidence is the primary reason that this lesion gets mis-diagnosed many times. Here we report the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of a case, which is a classical presentation of tuberc...