Artigo Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

Parinaud syndrome due to cofirmed neurotuberculosis in a lupus eritematosis systemic patient

2022; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 33; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/11206721221098284

ISSN

1724-6016

Autores

José Wagner Leonel Tavares-Júnior, José Newton Teles Júnior, Samir Câmara Magalhães, Thiago Toscano Cavalcante, P. Coimbra, Roberta Dos Santos Silva Luiz,

Tópico(s)

Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders

Resumo

Introduction This article aims to describe a patient with Parinaud syndrome due to neurotuberculosis confirmed by cerebrospinal fluid analysis. Case Report Initially, patient sought medical care, performed a chest x-ray and later a chest CT scan, with a probable diagnosis of miliary tuberculosis. In addition, she presented binocular diplopia worse at right lateral gaze, paresis of vertical gaze, light near-dissociation and convergent retraction nystagmus and presence of mycobacterium tuberculosis on PCR Xpert MTB/RIF. The treatment of miliary tuberculosis was interrupted due to pharmacodermia, but after diagnosis of neurotuberculosis, it was restarted with isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol with partial visual symptoms improvement. Discussion This case demonstrates the importance of pursuing diagnosis through more accurate techniques, especially in a patient with previous treatment pharmacoderma, whose absence of proper diagnosis and treatment would be extremely deleterious.

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