TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS WITH BLINDNESS AND PERICHIASMAL INVOLVEMENT ONMRI

Authors
SILVERMAN IE LIU GT BILANIUK LT VOLPE NJ GALETTA SL
Citation
Ie. Silverman et al., TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS WITH BLINDNESS AND PERICHIASMAL INVOLVEMENT ONMRI, Pediatric neurology, 12(1), 1995, pp. 65-67
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
08878994
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
65 - 67
Database
ISI
SICI code
0887-8994(1995)12:1<65:TMWBAP>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
An 11-year-old boy with tuberculous meningitis developed blindness, a rare complication of this disease in the United States. Magnetic reson ance imaging demonstrated perichiasmal enhancement, suggesting that ar achnoiditis caused the visual loss, Serial neuroimaging over 7 months revealed a persistent inflammatory process in the chiasmatic cistern, hydrocephalus, and progressive cerebral infarctions.