An Uncommon Presentation of a Common Etiology : Tubercular Cerebral Abscess in Pulmonary TB

ABSTRACT

A patient, recently diagnosed with Pulmonary Tuberculosis and on ATT for the last 1 month, was initially admitted in a primary care setup with severe headache and altered consciousness for 5 days and then referred to our institute for further management. Extensive investigations and imaging led to the conclusion that the patient had a massive Tubercular Brain Abscess (TBA) in the background of Pulmonary TB