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  • Title: [Optochiasmatic tuberculoma: complication of tuberculous meningitis. Report of a case and review of the literature].
    Author: Akhaddar A, El Hassani MY, Chakir N, Jiddane M.
    Journal: J Neuroradiol; 2001 Jun; 28(2):137-42. PubMed ID: 11466500.
    Abstract:
    Optochiasmatic tuberculomas are rare and have a poor prognosis if not diagnosed early and treated adequately. We report the case of 4-year-old boy who presented a chiasmatic tuberculoma after tuberculous meningitis revealed by progressive visual failure. Cerebral gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a chiasmatic and a brainstem ringlike enhancing lesions. Outcome was favorable with antituberculosis therapy and corticosteroids. Are recalled the diagnostic aspects, notably the neuroradiological findings, in this particular localisation of tuberculosis with a review of the similar thirty-three cases reported in the literature.
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