All of the following are known complications of tuberculous meningitis except –
High-Yield Explanation
Complications of T meningitis
There may be infarcts in the brain due to vascular occlusion
Various neurological manifestations seen with TBM include :
Hemiplegia (20%), quadriplegia (19%), monoplegia (3%) o Cranial nerve palsies (14%)
Hemiballismus (11%) o Decerebrate Rigidity (3%)
Tremors (6.1%) o Decorticate Rigidity (3%)
Midline cerebellar syndromes (4%) o Cerebellar Hemispheric Lesions (1.0%)
Ptosis & Ophthalmoplegia are frequent in Coma stage in tuberculous meningitis