Undrakonda, Vivekanand and Shashikiran, Umakanth (2011) Short duration respiratory illness with abducens palsy in a young man. BMJ Case Reports. pp. 1-2.
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Abstract
Acute onset of diplopia associated with high-grade fever, sore throat and cough without features of raised intracranial tension in a young patient is an uncommon presentation. A diagnosis of abducent nerve palsy due to pontine tuberculoma associated with miliary tuberculosis was made based on sputum examination, chest x-ray and MRI. On diagnosis, monocular patching of the left eye was performed to avoid diplopia and primary antitubercular drugs with systemic steroids were given. An unfortunate 48 h delay in starting the antitubercular treatment likely decreased the probability of survival
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Medicine > KMC Manipal > Medicine Medicine > KMC Manipal > Ophthalmology |
Depositing User: | KMC Manipal |
Date Deposited: | 04 May 2013 05:54 |
Last Modified: | 04 May 2013 05:54 |
URI: | http://eprints.manipal.edu/id/eprint/79945 |
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