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100			_aDemetriou, GA.
240			_aBMJ Case Reports
245			_aBrainstem tuberculosis.
260			_c2013
500			_aNMUH Staff Publications
520			_a<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">We present a case of a 38-year-old-man who presented with 1-week history of developing weakness of peripheral and cranial nerves. His MRI scan of the brain showed a large cavitating lesion at the brainstem and two further lesions of the right cerebral cortex and his CT chest showed features of old tuberculosis (TB). The identification of acid-fast bacilli was confirmed by analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage taken during bronchoscopy. He was started on anti-TB medications and repeat MRI 3 months later confirmed shrinkage of the cavitating lesion.</span>
856			_uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23868024?dopt=Abstract
856			_uhttp://casereports.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=23868024
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