[Multiorgan tuberculosis with unusual clinical picture and a fulminant course].

This report presents the case of a-32-year-old male with the tuberculosis of the tongue, the lungs, the cerebro-spinal meninges and the brain. The predominant symptom in the clinical picture of the initial stage of the illness was dysphagia caused by very painful tumor of the tongue suggestive of carcinoma. After admission to the ward, the disease developed rapidly. Within the next 20 hours the patient had fully symptomatic, life-threatening meningoencephalitis. Despite the advanced catabolic pulmonary tuberculosis, the patient had not reported any disorders from the respiratory system. Suspecting the tuberculous aetiology of the illness specific treatment was administrated immediately. It was of vital importance for the patient's survival and the lack of any dysfunction from the nervous system. The hospital treatment lasted for two and half months and present in good condition he is an out-patient.