Table 4 Imaging features in cases of tubercular cerebritis
SL No | Age/sex | Regions involved | Imaging features | Additional findings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T1W SI | T2/FLAIR | DWI | Enhancement pattern | ||||
1 | 24/M | Left occipital lobe | Isointense | Hyperintense | Facilitation | Gyral enhancement | Left frontal Tubercular abscess |
2 | 33/F | Right temporo-parietal region | Hypointense | Hyperintense | Restriction | Gyral enhancement | Meningitis+, disseminated miliary tubercles with vasculitic infarct and thrombosis of corresponding right cortical MCA segment |
3 | 24/M | Left Anterior temporal lobe | Hypointense | Hyperintense | Restriction | Patchy enhancement | Meningitis+, hydrocephalus+, vasculitic infarcts+ |
4 | 18/F | Bilateral cerebellar hemisphere | Hypointense | Hyperintense | Restriction | Gyriform enhancement | Meningitis+, vasculitic infarct involving thalamus and midbrain |
5 | 3/F | Left frontal lobe | Isointense | Hyperintense | Restriction | Gyriform | Meningitis+, hydrocephalus+, left deep brain nuclei and fronto-temporo-parietal infarct |
6 | 20/F | Left temporal lobe | Isointense | Isointense | Restriction | Gyriform | Meningitis+, vasculitic infarcts+ |
7 | 60/F | Left frontal lobe | Hypointense | Hyperintense | Restriction | Gyriform | – |
8 | 55/M | Left parieto-occipital | isointense | Isointense | Restriction | Gyriform | Meningitis+, multiple tuberculomas+, vasculitic infarcts+ |
9 | 48/M | Bilateral cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres | isointense | Hyperintense | Restriction | Gyriform | Multifocal cerebritis |