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Dural scrofula

Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (Drs. Glass, Moses, and Troncoso)
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (Drs. Becker and Troncoso)
Neuropathology Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (Drs. Becker and Troncoso).

A middle-aged woman presenting with multiple cranial neuropathies, hemiparesis, and CSF pleocytosis had tuberculous infection of the cranial dura mater at autopsy. This is the first description of dural scrofula in modern medical literature.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Glass, Department of Neurology, Meyer 1–130, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205-2182.

Supported by grants from the US Public Health Service (NIH NS 25369, AG 01146). Dr. Troncoso is the recipient of a Teacher-Investigator Development Award (NIH NS 00799).

Received November 23, 1988. Accepted for publication in final form March 13, 1989.

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