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The locations of cerebral infarctions were studied in 14 patients with tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and 173 patients with noninflammatory ischemic stroke (IS). In patients with TBM, 75% of infarctions occurred in the “TB zone” supplied by medial striate and thalamoperforating arteries; only 11% occurred in the “IS zone” supplied by lateral striate, anterior choroidal and thalamogeniculate arteries. In patients with IS 29% of infarctions occurred in the IS zone, 29% in the subcortical white matter, and 24% in (or involving) the cerebral cortex. Only 11% occurred in the TB zone. Bilaterally symmetrical infarctions of the TB zone were common with TMB (71%) but rare with IS (5%).
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Hsieh, F.Y., Chia, L.G. & Shen, W.C. Locations of cerebral infarctions in tuberculous meningitis. Neuroradiology 34, 197–199 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00596334
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