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Dynamic CT of tuberculous meningeal reactions

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The technique of intravenous dynamic cranial computed tomography has been applied to the patient population at this location in Saudi Arabia with meningeal tuberculosis. The various manifestations and sequelae including meningitis, arteritis, infarct, and true meningeal tuberculomata all have characteristic if not specific appearances. The dynamic study enhances an, otherwise static examination and reveals a great deal about the pathophysiology of tuberculosis involving the cerebral meningeal surfaces.

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  1. Division of Neuroradiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    J. R. Jinkins

  2. N.M.R. Imaging Laboratory, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, 10 Pico Street, 91105-3201, Pasadena, CA, USA

    J. R. Jinkins

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Jinkins, J.R. Dynamic CT of tuberculous meningeal reactions. Neuroradiology 29, 343–347 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00348912

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