Tuberculous Optochiasmatic Arachnoiditis
1981; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 9; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1227/00006123-198112000-00007
ISSN1524-4040
AutoresIgnacio Madrazo Navarro, Victor Hugo Rosas Peralta, Jose Antonio Maldonado Leon, Enrique Antonio Sanchez Varela, Jose Maria Sanchez Cahrera,
Tópico(s)Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome
ResumoAbstract Eighl cases of optochiasmatic arachnoiditis secondary to tuberculous leptomeningitis were treated with microsurgical intervention at the Department of Neurosurgery of La Raza Medical Center of the Mexican Social Welfare Institute. All of the patients had been amaurotic before the operation and displayed complete recovery of their vision during the immediate postoperative period. Microsurgical and pharmacological (antituberculous chemotherapy and steroids) treatment can cure such patients.
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