Ophthalmoparesis, papillitis and premacular hemorrhage in a case with endocarditis: A rare presentation of brucellosis

We report a rare presentation of brucellosis as bilateral optic nerve and right abducent nerve involvement, and endocarditis complicated by right premacular hemorrhage in a 28-year-old white female. The patient showed improvement with both medical and surgical therapy. Brucellosis should be consider...

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Autores principales: Sahin, Özlem Gürses, Pelit, Aysel, Turunc, Tuğba, Akova, Yonca Aydin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2854455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20195047
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.60098
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Sumario:We report a rare presentation of brucellosis as bilateral optic nerve and right abducent nerve involvement, and endocarditis complicated by right premacular hemorrhage in a 28-year-old white female. The patient showed improvement with both medical and surgical therapy. Brucellosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of papillitis, gaze palsy and endocarditis complicated with premacular hemorrhage in endemic regions.

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