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  • Title: Optic disc tuberculoma in a patient with miliary tuberculosis.
    Author: Padhi TR, Basu S, Das T, Samal B.
    Journal: Ocul Immunol Inflamm; 2011 Feb; 19(1):67-8. PubMed ID: 21054196.
    Abstract:
    A 27-year-old female, on anti-tubercular therapy for miliary tuberculosis for 1 week, presented with gradual diminution of right eye vision for 4 months. Right eye visual acuity was counting fingers at 15 cm. Right fundus showed a yellowish-white vascularized lesion, 4 disc diameters in size, overlying the optic disc and associated neurosensory macular detachment. The left eye was normal. A Mantoux test was negative. The authors diagnosed presumed optic disc tuberculoma in the right eye. Oral prednisolone in tapering doses was added to the anti-tubercular therapy. The optic disc lesion regressed with residual scarring and vision became 20/30 at 7 months.
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