TABLE 2.

Description of patients with brain shift.

Patient	CD4 count	Gender	Type of seizure	Symptoms	CT finding	LP done	Adverse effect from LP	Diagnosis	Prognosis
1	<50	Male	Generalised	Focal signs Impaired consciousness GCS 14	Active space-occupying lesion	No	Not applicable	Toxoplasmosis	Referred tertiary institution
2	50–200	Female	Focal	Focal signs Headache GCS 15	Active space-occupying lesion	No	Not applicable	Toxoplasmosis	Recovery and discharge
3	50–200	Female	Unrecorded	Impaired consciousness GCS 13	Generalised cerebral oedema	Yes, after second scan	No	Meningitis bacterial/TB	Recovery and discharge
4	200–350	Male	Generalised	Impaired consciousness Neck stiffness GCS not documented	Active space-occupying lesion	Yes, before scan	No	Tuberculoma/TB meningitis	Recovery and discharge
5	200–350	Female	Generalised	Impaired consciousness GCS 14	Localised cerebral oedema	No	Not applicable	Chronic haematoma/empyaema	Referred tertiary institution