{"title":"Tunnel sign in patients with melioidosis: a case series from South India.","authors":"Nitin Gupta, Sundeep Malla, Tirlangi Praveen Kumar, Sonali Singh, Muralidhar Varma, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay","doi":"10.1093/trstmh/trae097","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The tunnel sign (linear contrast enhancement along the corticospinal tract) can aid in the early diagnosis of neuromelioidosis, a potentially fatal condition requiring urgent diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>We retrospectively analyzed the hospital data of all patients with culture-confirmed melioidosis between 2018 and 2023 in a tertiary care hospital in South India. MRI scans of patients with neuromelioidosis were reviewed for the presence of the tunnel sign.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 177 patients with melioidosis, 21 had possible neurological involvement. Seven had confirmed neuromelioidosis. Of the six patients with neuromelioidosis, where an MRI scan was available, a tunnel sign was noted in four.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We report this study to create awareness amongst physicians to look for this sign in patients with suspected neuromelioidosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":23218,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trae097","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Introduction: The tunnel sign (linear contrast enhancement along the corticospinal tract) can aid in the early diagnosis of neuromelioidosis, a potentially fatal condition requiring urgent diagnosis.
Methodology: We retrospectively analyzed the hospital data of all patients with culture-confirmed melioidosis between 2018 and 2023 in a tertiary care hospital in South India. MRI scans of patients with neuromelioidosis were reviewed for the presence of the tunnel sign.
Results: Of the 177 patients with melioidosis, 21 had possible neurological involvement. Seven had confirmed neuromelioidosis. Of the six patients with neuromelioidosis, where an MRI scan was available, a tunnel sign was noted in four.
Conclusion: We report this study to create awareness amongst physicians to look for this sign in patients with suspected neuromelioidosis.
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