A unique case of cutaneous tuberculosis of the scalp with extensive intracranial invasion from sub Saharan Africa
- 22 January 2025
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Acta Neurologica Belgica
- Vol. 125 (2) , 557-560
Abstract
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can present with a large variety of mimics of other, treatable, disorders. We present a young man with advanced cranial disease responding to tuberculostatic treatment but posing significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.Keywords
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