Abstract
The history and findings in a case 36 months after onset of tuberculous meningitis were presented. The patient showed residuals and complications of tuberculous meningitis which were unusual in their number and severity. They consisted of impaired vision with optic atrophy, bilateral deafness, extensive weakness of the upper extremities and total paralysis of the muscles of the abdomen and lower extremities. Calculi had been removed from the bladder and left renal pelvis. Extensive decubiti had nearly healed. Despite the above, he had remarkable sparing of his mental faculties. It is of particular interest that he continued to show varying degrees of improvement in the majority of his complications and residuals.
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