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Bikash Samal - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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optic disc tuberculoma in a patient with Miliary Tuberculosis
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, 2011Co-Authors: Tapas Ranjan Padhi, Soumyava Basu, Taraprasad Das, Bikash SamalAbstract: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.
A D Cluroe - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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legionnaire s disease mimicking pulmonary Miliary Tuberculosis in the immunocompromised
Histopathology, 1993Co-Authors: A D CluroeAbstract:Two siblings with systemic lupus erythematosus, whose presentation suggested food poisoning, had pulmonary Legionella infection which, at autopsy, mimicked Miliary Tuberculosis.
Tapas Ranjan Padhi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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optic disc tuberculoma in a patient with Miliary Tuberculosis
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, 2011Co-Authors: Tapas Ranjan Padhi, Soumyava Basu, Taraprasad Das, Bikash SamalAbstract: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.
Yung-chie Lee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Diffuse pulmonary infiltrates after bone marrow transplantation: the role of open lung biopsy.
The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2004Co-Authors: Jann-yuan Wang, Yih-leong Chang, Li-na Lee, Jen-hau Chen, Jih-luh Tang, Pan-chyr Yang, Yung-chie LeeAbstract:Abstract Background Diffuse pulmonary infiltrates is the major complication and cause of mortality after bone marrow transplantation. We analyzed the etiologies and prognostic factors in bone marrow recipients with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates and assessed the role of open lung biopsy in managing this complication. Methods Medical records of patients with diffuse pulmonary infiltrates after bone marrow transplantation were reviewed. Possible prognostic factors were analyzed by multivariate logistic regression. Results Sixty-eight (20%) of 341 bone marrow recipients had diffuse pulmonary infiltrates and 34 died. Thirty-five underwent open lung biopsy, resulting in therapeutic changes in 22 (63%) and clinical improvement in 16 (46%). The leading diagnoses were idiopathic interstitial pneumonitis (40%) and cytomegalovirus pneumonitis (20%). Cytomegalovirus pneumonitis caused radiographically observable interstitial infiltrates exclusively and was frequently associated with hepatitis. Idiopathic interstitial pneumonitis resulted in either diffuse ground-glass opacity or interstitial infiltrates. Three (9%) patients had Miliary Tuberculosis. Respiratory failure ( p p = 0.016) were the poor prognostic factors. Conclusions Among bone marrow recipients, we found diffuse pulmonary infiltrates in 20% and a mortality rate of 50%. Idiopathic interstitial pneumonitis and cytomegalovirus pneumonitis were the most common causes and should be suspected in patients with diffuse interstitial infiltrates. In endemic areas, Miliary Tuberculosis should be suspected in bone marrow recipients with diffuse reticulonodular lesions. Respiratory failure and acute graft-versus-host disease were poor prognostic factors. By establishing a correct diagnosis, open lung biopsy led to treatment changes in about two-thirds of these patients.
Taraprasad Das - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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optic disc tuberculoma in a patient with Miliary Tuberculosis
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, 2011Co-Authors: Tapas Ranjan Padhi, Soumyava Basu, Taraprasad Das, Bikash SamalAbstract: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.