Tuberculosis Infection Mimicking Brain Metastatic Malignancy Lesions in an Elderly Male
An 83-year-old Caucasian Greek man was referred by his general practitioner to the emergency department of the general hospital in Crete because of seizures and agitation. His past medical history was negative for any neurological or medical condition. Electroencephalogram showed a bradyarrhythmic t...
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| author | Dimitrios Anyfantakis Ageliki Damianaki Maria Kokosi Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis Serafim Kastanakis |
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| description | An 83-year-old Caucasian Greek man was referred by his general practitioner to the emergency department of the general hospital in Crete because of seizures and agitation. His past medical history was negative for any neurological or medical condition. Electroencephalogram showed a bradyarrhythmic theta activity, without evidence of any focal or other specific abnormality. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain demonstrated a number of diffuse nodular lesions and moderate perivascular edema. An axillary lymph node fine needle aspiration cytology suggested a granulomatous lymphadenitis along with signs of tuberculous infiltration. Tuberculin skin test was positive. We report a rare case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis mimicking brain metastatic lesions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a144f596658545bf80a227dcce704ca52025-02-03T01:31:08ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332013-01-01201310.1155/2013/146032146032Tuberculosis Infection Mimicking Brain Metastatic Malignancy Lesions in an Elderly MaleDimitrios Anyfantakis0Ageliki Damianaki1Maria Kokosi2Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis3Serafim Kastanakis4Primary Health Care Centre of Kissamos, 74100 Chania, Crete, GreeceDepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint George General Hospital of Chania, 73100 Chania, Crete, GreeceDepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint George General Hospital of Chania, 73100 Chania, Crete, GreecePrivate Family Practice Unit in Heraklion, 71303 Heraklion, Crete, GreeceDepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint George General Hospital of Chania, 73100 Chania, Crete, GreeceAn 83-year-old Caucasian Greek man was referred by his general practitioner to the emergency department of the general hospital in Crete because of seizures and agitation. His past medical history was negative for any neurological or medical condition. Electroencephalogram showed a bradyarrhythmic theta activity, without evidence of any focal or other specific abnormality. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain demonstrated a number of diffuse nodular lesions and moderate perivascular edema. An axillary lymph node fine needle aspiration cytology suggested a granulomatous lymphadenitis along with signs of tuberculous infiltration. Tuberculin skin test was positive. We report a rare case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis mimicking brain metastatic lesions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/146032 |
| spellingShingle | Dimitrios Anyfantakis Ageliki Damianaki Maria Kokosi Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis Serafim Kastanakis Tuberculosis Infection Mimicking Brain Metastatic Malignancy Lesions in an Elderly Male Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Tuberculosis Infection Mimicking Brain Metastatic Malignancy Lesions in an Elderly Male |
| title_full | Tuberculosis Infection Mimicking Brain Metastatic Malignancy Lesions in an Elderly Male |
| title_fullStr | Tuberculosis Infection Mimicking Brain Metastatic Malignancy Lesions in an Elderly Male |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculosis Infection Mimicking Brain Metastatic Malignancy Lesions in an Elderly Male |
| title_short | Tuberculosis Infection Mimicking Brain Metastatic Malignancy Lesions in an Elderly Male |
| title_sort | tuberculosis infection mimicking brain metastatic malignancy lesions in an elderly male |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/146032 |
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