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Table 3 Baseline brain MRI scan results for 43 patients

From: Clinical presentations, diagnosis, mortality and prognostic markers of tuberculous meningitis in Vietnamese children: a prospective descriptive study

Finding

Absolute frequency (%)

Any abnormality

37/43 (86 %)

Meningeal enhancement

26/42 (62 %)

 Basal

25 (60 %)

 Sylvian Fissure

16 (37 %)

 Suprasellar cistern

4 (9 %)

Hydrocephalus

19/43 (44 %)

Tuberculoma

6/42 (14 %)

Infarction

13/43 (30 %)

 Basal Ganglia

8/43 (19 %)

 Cerebral cortex

3/43 (7 %)

 Internal capsule

1/43 (2 %)

 Brain stem

1/43 (2 %)