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Tuberculosis presenting with hemiplegia
The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
|February 1, 1979
Abstract:
Five cases are reported of tuberculous patients who presented with hemiplegia as the initial symptom of their illness. In three patients the paralysis improved rapidly and completely with institution of antituberculous treatment. One case which came to necropsy revealed that the cause of the hemiplegia was a tuberculoma situated in the internal capsule.