Unique case of midbrain tuberculoma presenting as isolated inferior rectus palsy with nystagmus

Isolated brain stem tuberculoma constitutes about 5% of all intracranial tuberculomas. A case of isolated inferior rectus palsy with downbeat nystagmus due to presumed midbrain tuberculoma in an immunocompetent patient is described here. This report documents a rare entity of a combination of partia...

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Autores principales: Kowsalya, Akkayasamy, Gajarlewar, Umang, Adulkar, Namrata G, Kumar, S Mahesh
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5892078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29582836
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_470_17
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author Kowsalya, Akkayasamy
Gajarlewar, Umang
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Kumar, S Mahesh
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description Isolated brain stem tuberculoma constitutes about 5% of all intracranial tuberculomas. A case of isolated inferior rectus palsy with downbeat nystagmus due to presumed midbrain tuberculoma in an immunocompetent patient is described here. This report documents a rare entity of a combination of partial third nerve palsy with pupil involvement along with downbeat nystagmus.
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spelling pubmed-58920782018-04-19 Unique case of midbrain tuberculoma presenting as isolated inferior rectus palsy with nystagmus Kowsalya, Akkayasamy Gajarlewar, Umang Adulkar, Namrata G Kumar, S Mahesh Indian J Ophthalmol Case Report Isolated brain stem tuberculoma constitutes about 5% of all intracranial tuberculomas. A case of isolated inferior rectus palsy with downbeat nystagmus due to presumed midbrain tuberculoma in an immunocompetent patient is described here. This report documents a rare entity of a combination of partial third nerve palsy with pupil involvement along with downbeat nystagmus. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5892078/ /pubmed/29582836 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_470_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Unique case of midbrain tuberculoma presenting as isolated inferior rectus palsy with nystagmus
title_fullStr Unique case of midbrain tuberculoma presenting as isolated inferior rectus palsy with nystagmus
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title_short Unique case of midbrain tuberculoma presenting as isolated inferior rectus palsy with nystagmus
title_sort unique case of midbrain tuberculoma presenting as isolated inferior rectus palsy with nystagmus
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5892078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29582836
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_470_17
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