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Meningitis

Case contributed by Vinay Shah
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Neck stiffness and headache in a patient from Asia.

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Female
mri

Exaggerated meningeal enhancement at right frontal extra-axial region and surrounding the surface of spinal cord.  Focal hyperintense signal is seen on the T2W, FLAIR images in the right frontal region. 

Case Discussion

CSF findings suggestive of changes of tuberculous meningitis

Focal meningitis at right frontal region and surrounding the spinal cord.

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