کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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8281044 | 1535144 | 2012 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
An unusual cause of visual impairment in tuberculous meningitis
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علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی
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چکیده انگلیسی
Impairment of vision is a devastating complication of tuberculous meningitis which may occur as a result of increased intracranial pressure, compression over the visual pathways or vasculitis. We herein present occurrence of neuroretinitis in a 35-year-old lady presenting with low grade fever and headache for one month, and associated with diminution of vision from 3Â weeks. She was diagnosed as a case of definite tuberculous meningitis and initiated on anti-tuberculous treatment as per WHO guidelines with supplemental corticosteroids. Marked improvement in vision was observed and at 3Â months of follow-up the patient was asymptomatic. Direct ophthalmoscopy, visual field analysis, fluorescein angiography, optical coherence tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain were done to document the ophthalmological findings. Neuroretinitis, being an unusual cause of visual impairment in tuberculous meningitis, must be considered in patients without any evidence of raised intracranial pressure or compression, and with normal fluorescein angiography. We suggest that neuroretinitis may be added to list of causes of visual impairment in patients with tuberculous meningitis.
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Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - Volume 318, Issues 1â2, 15 July 2012, Pages 174-177
Journal: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - Volume 318, Issues 1â2, 15 July 2012, Pages 174-177
نویسندگان
Hardeep Singh Malhotra, Ravindra Kumar Garg, Arvind Gupta, Sandeep Saxena, Aloy Majumdar, Amita Jain,