Desai S, Yadav R, Garg D, Schneider SA, Pal PK. Tuberculosis Related Movement Disorders: A Systematic Scoping Review Highlighting Geographic Disparities, Phenotypic Patterns, Treatment Responses, and Knowledge Gaps in Global Reporting. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2025;12(8):1043–1052. 10.1002/mdc3.70099. Following publication of this article, several errors were discovered. There is an error in the formatting of Table 1. There is a typo error in the number of studies in Tables 2 and 3 [number of studies 36 [instead of 38]].
TABLE 1.
The Spectrum of Movement Disorders by Type of Neuro‐Tuberculosis (n = 91*)
| Pathology/ Phenomenology | Tuberculous Meningitis (n = 42)(%) | Tuberculomas (n = 26) (%) | Total (including all TB cases) (n = 91) (%) | Details about resolution [In patients in which resolution occurred, when information available] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tremor | 21 (48.9) | 5 (19.2) | 26 (28.6) | 11/26 patients showed resolution in 3–12 months of treatment |
| Dystonia # | 8 (18.6) | 7 (26.9) | 15 (16.5) | 7/15 patients showed resolution in 6–18 months |
| Chorea | 13 (30.2) | 11 (42.3) | 24 (26.4) | 7/24 patients showed resolution in 1–6 months |
| Myoclonus | 1 (2.3) | 1 (3.8) | 2 (2.2) | Details not available |
| Parkinsonism | 2 (4.7) | 2 (7.6) | 5 (5.5) | Details not available |
| Ataxia | 2 (4.6) | 3 (11.5) | 7 (7.7) | 4/7 patients showed resolution in a time frame of 3–24 months |
| Stereotypy | 1 (2.3) | 0 | 1 (1.1) | Resolved in 1 month |
Four patients had both meningitis and tuberculoma; at least four patients had >1 movement disorder.
Among the cases of dystonia, we were able to classify the type in eight of 15 cases. Focal dystonia was identified in five cases, while generalized dystonia was identified in three cases. The remaining seven cases of dystonia were not specifically classified as focal or generalized in the source studies.
TABLE 2.
Pathogenesis for Tuberculosis‐Related Movement Disorders
| Pathogenesis | Number of cases = 91 |
|---|---|
| Tuberculoma | 30 |
| Meningitis +/− hydrocephalus | 50 |
| Vasculitis with infarct/haemorrhage | 8 |
| Hyponatremia [SIADH] | 1 |
| IRIS # | 6 |
| Mixed** | 10 |
| Not mentioned* | 6 |
Chouksey and Pandey describe a patient with CNS TB who later on developed blepharospasm. [The exact mechanism was unknown, an old granuloma or infarct with gliosis was the suggested pathophysiology]. $ IRIS: Immune Reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. [IRIS] reported in a series of patients with meningitis, one patient developed tuberculoma after initial presentation as meningitis.
Some patients had both tuberculoma and meningitis.
All patients with vasculitis also had meningitis.
Few cases report movement disorders related to drugs in patients with tuberculosis [eg isoniazid associated neuropathy in pulmonary tuberculosis, these are excluded as they do not represent TB related movement disorders].
TABLE 3.
Treatment Outcomes for Tuberculosis‐Related Movement Disorders
| Outcome | Number of cases = 91 a |
|---|---|
| Resolution of movement disorder | 40 |
| Persistent or progressive movement disorder with no improvement | 30 |
| Partial improvement of movement disorder but persistence | 10 |
| Unclear or not reported | 11 |
One patient had improvement of stereotypy but persistence of Parkinsonism.
We fear this error can lead to incorrect interpretation of the data to the reader.
The correct versions of Tables 1, 2, 3 appear below.
We apologize for these errors.