BRAIN-ABSCESS ASSOCIATED WITH MILITARY TU BERCULOSIS - A CASE-REPORT AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

The frequency of tuberculous cerebral involvement associated with mili ary tuberculosis is not well known; some authors have evaluated it at around 22%. We report the case of a W-year-old man hospitalised in the pulmonology department with bacillary positive miliary tuberculosis. On the 26th day of antituberculosis treatment he complained of frontal headaches, with impairment in visual acuity. Examination of the optic fundus showed bilateral papillary oedema. Cerebral computed tomograph y showed diffuse rounded lesions with significant oedema. Antitubercul osis chemotherapy was supplemented with steroid treatment. Clinical an d radiological progress was good.