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ArticleJournal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases2020

Limbic encephalitis associated with tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenitis.

Jihad Abdallah Daher, Hassan Talal Monzer, Wajdy Joseph Abi-Saleh

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Article in Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Jihad Abdallah DaherDiagnostic Radiology, Clemenceau Medical Center Affiliated with Johns Hopkins International, Beirut, Lebanon.
Hassan Talal MonzerPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Clemenceau Medical Center Affiliated with Johns Hopkins International, Beirut, Lebanon.
Wajdy Joseph Abi-SalehPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Clemenceau Medical Center Affiliated with Johns Hopkins International, Beirut, Lebanon.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionLimbic encephalitis represents an autoimmune disorder that is commonly associated with malignancies. It is also seen in association with infectious or systemic autoimmune diseases. The literature reports two case reports of limbic encephalitis associated with tuberculosis. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a 42 year-old male referred to our clinic for a non-resolving pneumonia. He was found to have a limbic encephalitis associated with mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis. The diagnosis was made on a needle aspirate from a mediastinal lymph node obtained through endobronchial ultrasound. A paradoxical radiological progression was noted during therapy. He was successfully treated by anti-tuberculous drugs with clinical and radiological improvement.

conclusionLimbic encephalitis is associated with tuberculosis and should be included as part of the central nervous system involvement with tuberculosis. Endobronchial ultrasound has been shown to be useful in the diagnosis of mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis.

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EBUSLimbic encephalitisTuberculomaTuberculous lymphadenitis

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PMCPMC6957786
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