Occular Lesions of Tuberculosis

Palacios, Pilar Tejada; Ramos, María Jesús Méndez; Cepeda, Santiago

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“…The ultimate decrease in blood flow re- sults in areas of ischemia in the cerebral cortex, pons, and cerebellum leading to the development of the permanent sequelae of which the most drastic are hydrocephalus and optic atrophy. 21 Typically, the admission CSF findings in the majority of patients with TBM are that of a subacute lymphocytic meningitis with a decrease in glucose and an increase in protein content. However, in a number of patients the CSF findings are not consistent with that of subacute lymphocytic meningitis due to a predominance of polymorphonuclear cells and a mild decrease in glucose content.…”

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Tuberculosis meningitis, Abbassia Fever Hospital-Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3-Cairo, Egypt, from 1976 to 1996.

Girgis

Sultan²,

Farid³

et al. 1998

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Diagnosis was confirmed by culture of the mycobacteria from the cerebrospinal fluid CSF of 857 patients and these patients are included in the final analysis. There were 497 males and 360 females. The patients ranged in age from five months to 55 years. The number of patients admitted during the months of March, April, and May were more than double those admitted during October, November, and December. The duration of symptoms prior to admission ranged from seven to 90 days (mean ϭ 29.5 days). Upon admission, 4% of the patients were alert, 34% were drowsy, and 62% were in a coma. Of the 857 patients studied, 490 (57%) died, 256 (30%) recovered completely, and 11 (13%) recovered with sequelae. The mortality and neurologic sequelae were directly related to the stage of disease and duration of symptoms prior to admission. Mortality was significantly lower in patients admitted in stage II and or with short duration of disease compared with those in stage III and or with prolonged duration of symptoms prior to admission. The use of dexamethasone in patients with tuberculous meningitis significantly reduced the ocular complications that occur in these patients and also significantly reduced the fatality rate.

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confidence: 99%

Tuberculosis meningitis, Abbassia Fever Hospital-Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3-Cairo, Egypt, from 1976 to 1996.

Girgis

Sultan²,

Farid³

et al. 1998

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

125

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Pediatric aspects of tuberculosis

Hakim¹,

Grossman²

1995

Tuberculosis

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Primary Bilateral Tuberculous Dacryocystitis with Preauricular Lymphadenopathy: A Diagnostic Difficulty of Recent Times

Abrol¹,

Nagarkar²,

Mohan³

et al. 2002

Otolaryngol.--head neck surg.

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Primary tuberculous dacryocystitis as an entity is not mentioned in recent standard ophthalmology textbooks 1 owing to the paucity of case reports in the English-language literature for the past 3 decades. We present the rare case of an otherwise healthy woman with bilateral tuberculous dacryocystitis along with preauricular lymphadenopathy; no other tuberculous lesion was discovered on her body. The clinical presentation resembled that of chronic bacterial dacryocystitis. Diagnosis was made postoperatively on histopathologic examination of the lacrimal sac wall. The patient underwent antitubercular treatment (ATT), which was successful, and bilateral endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy.

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Occular Lesions of Tuberculosis

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Tuberculosis meningitis, Abbassia Fever Hospital-Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3-Cairo, Egypt, from 1976 to 1996.

Tuberculosis meningitis, Abbassia Fever Hospital-Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3-Cairo, Egypt, from 1976 to 1996.

Pediatric aspects of tuberculosis

Primary Bilateral Tuberculous Dacryocystitis with Preauricular Lymphadenopathy: A Diagnostic Difficulty of Recent Times

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