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3.11 PRECOCIOUS SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS - A CASE REPORT - A. Olinsky - M PDF
3.11 PRECOCIOUS SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS - A CASE REPORT - A. Olinsky - M PDF
17 October 1970
MEDICAL
1189
JOURNAL
SUMMARY
Neurological sequelae are the most common complications of tuberculous meningitis. Endocrine disturbancesalthough rare-do occur, the most frequently described
being abnormalities in sexual development, diabetes insipidus, obesity and stunted growth. Aberrations in sexual
development may be either precocity or hypogonadism.
Whereas sexual precocity has been described as an isolated
finding following tuberculous meningitis, hypogonadism is
usually associated with obesity and stunted growth. The
following report is of a Coloured female child who, in
addition to severe neurological damage, developed sexual
precocity at 3 years of age as a complication of tuberculous meningitis.
CASE REPORT
of
Medicine,
Baragwanath
Hospital,
1. Chest X-rayon admission showing loss of translucency of right upper lobe with cavity formation.
Fig.
S.-A.
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MEDIESE
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TYDSKRIF
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