Bhattacharyya A, Boruah D K, Handique A, Singh V, Kalita J, Misra U K, Vishnu Phadke R V
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences; Lucknow, India -
Neuroradiol J. 2010 Oct;23(5):590-5. doi: 10.1177/197140091002300507. Epub 2010 Oct 31.
The majority of intracranial infections that cause meningitis are considered to start in the choroid plexus of the ventricles, but lesions involving the choroid plexus are rare. There are isolated case reports of the involvement of choroid plexus in tuberculous meningitis. The main imaging findings are abnormal enhancement of the thickened choroid plexus, asymmetric hydrocephalus with sequestrated temporal horn, periventricular edema and intraventricular septae formation. Six patients having tubercular involvement of choroid plexus were treated at our institution. This is probably the largest series of tubercular involvement of choroid plexus highlighting the imaging features of this rare manifestation of CNS tuberculosis.
大多数导致脑膜炎的颅内感染被认为始于脑室的脉络丛,但累及脉络丛的病变很少见。有孤立的病例报告显示脉络丛参与结核性脑膜炎。主要影像学表现为增厚的脉络丛异常强化、伴有颞角分隔的不对称脑积水、脑室周围水肿和脑室内间隔形成。我们机构治疗了6例脉络丛有结核累及的患者。这可能是脉络丛结核累及的最大系列病例,突出了这种中枢神经系统结核罕见表现的影像学特征。