Suprasellar tuberculoma developing during treatment of tuberculous meningitis requiring urgent surgical decompression
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1432-1459
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Tuberculous meningitis ; Tuberculoma ; Visual failure
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Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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Medicine
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Summary An adult patient on treatment for tuberculous meningitis developed visual failure due to a tuberculoma compressing both optic nerves and chiasm. Although continued anti-tuberculous chemotherapy is the treatment of choice for intracranial tuberculoma, the rapid deterioration in vision necessitated urgent surgical decompression, which resulted in complete recovery of vision.
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Electronic Resource
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