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WHAT IS MENINGITIS?         NEURO - ANATOMY General appearance § Infant is lethargic and appears ill § Whenever the mother would shift her way of her baby’s carry the baby would cry inconsolably. § There is bulging fontanelles and stiff neck. § Laboratory result shows abnormal CSF protein and CSF glucose level. § Normal CSF glucose level is 40-70 mg/dl but in laboratory result it’s 35 mg/dl. § Normal CSF protein level is 20-50 mg/dl but result shows elevated level with 65 mg/dl. § Bulging fontanelles and stiff neck also seems. § So according to laboratory result and sings shows that infant is suffering from meningitis. WHAT IS MENINGITIS? Meningitis is inflamation of the meningis. Meningisare three layer protecting brain and spinal cord. TYPES OF MENINGITIS Meningitis infiltrated by virus § Bacterial meningitis: Bacteria infiltrates the blood stream and travel to brain or spinal

  NEUROANATOMY case study(report) CASE REPORT A case of 17 year old male was admitted due to weakness in both lower extremities with inability to walk. The patient was having productive cough associated with on and off evening rise of temperature, 6 months prior to consultation. He had loss of appetite and was noted to lose weight. A month prior to consultation he was noted to have complaints of low back pain and numbness on both lower extremities.  Weakness persisted associated with inability to walk which prompted him to seek admission. Vital sign were normal. POTT’S DISEASE v STARRING POINTS… ü Introduction ü Epidemiology ü Pathogenesis ü Clinical Findings ü Diagnosis ü Treatment v WHAT IS POTT’S DISEASE? • also called “Tuberculous spondylitis” or “Spinal Tuberculosis”. • caused by an infection of the spinal column Or vertebral column by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Epidemiology q What causes Pott’s Disease ?