1B11.0
category
Tuberculous meningitis
Definition
Tuberculous meningitis is tuberculosis where bacilli seed to the meninges or brain parenchyma, resulting in the formation of small subpial or subependymal foci of metastatic caseous lesions, and dissemination into the subarachnoid space causing meningitis.
Inclusions
- Tuberculous leptomeningitis
Also indexed as
Bacterial meningitis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosisMeningeal TBMeningitis due to Mycobacterium TBTB meningitisTBM - [tuberculous meningitis]Tuberculosis of cerebral meningesTuberculosis of spinal meningesTuberculous leptomeningitisTuberculous meningitiscaseous meningitiscaseous spinal meningitiscerebral meningeal TB - [tuberculosis]cerebral meningeal TBC - [tuberculosis]meningeal TBC - [tuberculosis]meningeal tuberculosisspinal meningeal TB - [tuberculosis]spinal meningeal TBC - [tuberculosis]tubercular meningitistuberculous arachnoiditistuberculous meninges adhesionstuberculous spinal meningitis