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Brain stem tuberculoma presenting with isolated ocular motility abnormality: A series of two cases and review of literature

Sharma, Kumudini.


 

Brain stem tuberculoma presenting with isolated ocular motility abnormality: A series of two cases and review of literature

Sharma, Kumudini.

Tuberculosis is still endemic in developing countries such as India and tuberculomas account for up to 40% of space occupying intracranial masses.[1] Isolated brain stem tuberculomas are rare lesions and account for about 5% of all intracranial tuberculomas.[2] These intracranial lesions commonly present as oculomotor and other cranial nerve palsies,[3,4] unilateral saccadic paralysis, one and a half syndrome, other ocular signs, and neurological deficits. In this article, the authors describe two cases of isolated ocular motility abnormality due to brain stem tuberculoma.

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مادة فرعية

المؤلف : Sharma, Kumudini.

مؤلف مشارك : Kanaujia, Vikas
Jaiswal, Sushila
Jain, Anu
Kumar, Sheo
Srivastava, Arun K
Jaiswal, Awadhesh Kumar

بيانات النشر : Oman Journal of Ophthalmology، 2012مـ.

التصنيف الموضوعي : العلوم التطبيقية|العلوم الطبية .

المواضيع : Tuberculoma .

Ophthalmology .

رقم الطبعة : 1

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