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  • Title: Hydrocephalus caused by tuberculous meningitis: clinical picture, CT findings and results of shunt surgery.
    Author: Upadhyaya P, Bhargava S, Sundaram KR, Mitra DK, George J, Singh DC.
    Journal: Z Kinderchir; 1983 Dec; 38 Suppl 2():76-9. PubMed ID: 6609497.
    Abstract:
    This study is an analysis of 70 children, five months to eleven years of age, with hydrocephalus secondary to tuberculous meningitis. They presented as an acute illness, mostly in early childhood, with disturbance of consciousness, convulsions, rigidity and, sometimes, neurological deficit. CT scans showed ventricular dilatation, periventricular translucency and exudates in basal cisterns. Shunt surgery performed early produced gratifying results without dissemination of tuberculosis. Residual ventricular dilatation following shunt surgery was inversely related to intellectual status. Even with advanced degrees of tuberculous meningitis, thirteen of the twenty-eight children tested for intellectual status were found to be educable or having near normal intelligence. Fatal intraventricular haemorrhages were seen in six cases as a late complication.
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