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| Year : 2018 | Volume
: 13
| Issue : 4 | Page : 500-502 |
Recurrent paradoxical tuberculosis with chest wall abscess and optochiasmatic tuberculoma
Suresh Kumar1, Sumeet R Dhawan1, Lokesh Saini1, Paramjeet Singh2, Sanjay Verma1, Meenu Singh1
1 Department of Paediatric Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
2 Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Sanjay Verma
Department of Paediatric Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012
India
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DOI: 10.4103/JPN.JPN_90_18
New-onset clinical or radiological symptoms in a patient with tuberculosis pose diagnostic treatment challenges, which can be due to treatment failure, disease relapse, or paradoxical response. We describe an adolescent case of recurrent paradoxical response complicating tuberculous meningitis. The first paradoxical tuberculosis presented as chest wall abscess, which was complicated by uniocular, gradually progressive, painless loss of vision after 6 months.
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