Thoracic Research and Practice
Case report

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Following Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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Department of Chest Diseases, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

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Department of Neurology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

Thorac Res Pract 2005; 6: Turkish Respiratory Journal 161-163
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) which developed following pulmonary tuberculosis in a 50-year-old male patient is described. Tuberculosis needs to be considered among the infecti- ons leading to ADEM in countries where tuberculosis is frequent. Physicians must be aware of this specific clinical condition in path ents with recently diagnosed tuberculosis, experiencing neurological disorder simultaneously.

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