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Cerebral infarction and cerebral salt wasting syndrome in a patient with tuberculous meningoencephalitis

Loo KL 1 , Ramachandran R , Abdullah BJ , Chow SK , Goh EM , Yeap SS 2

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  • 1 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Departments of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health, 2003 Sep;34(3):636-40.
PMID: 15115143

Abstract

A 38-year old female with underlying systemic lupus erythematosus was admitted with tuberculous meningoencephalitis. After an initial good response to anti-tuberculous treatment, she developed cerebral infarction and profound hyponatremia. This was due to cerebral salt wasting syndrome, which has only previously been described in 2 cases. The difficulties in diagnosis and management of this case are discussed.

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