The diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction and the discovery of diffuse leptomeningeal enhancement in the basal cistern with downward extension to the spinal cord was made by magnetic resonance imaging 本患者結(jié)核性腦膜炎的確診是經(jīng)由陽性的結(jié)核聚合鏈反應和核磁共振掃描影像發(fā)現(xiàn)在基底池有廣泛的軟腦膜顯影并且向下延伸到脊髓。