| Identifier |
20190317_nanos_posters_065 |
| Title |
Tuberculous Pachymeningitis presenting as Retrobulbar Optic Neuropathy |
| Creator |
Su Ann Lim; Kamal Verma; Wai-Yung Yu; Giron Medina; Hwei Yee Lee; Adeline Ng; Justin Kwan; Ray Junhao Lin; Po Ying Chia |
| Affiliation |
(SAL) Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; (KV) (WY) (AN) National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; (GM) (HYL) Department of Pathology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; (JK) Department of diagnostic and interventional radiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; (PYC) Department of Infectious Diseases, TTSH, National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore, Singapore |
| Subject |
Neuro-Ophth & Infectious Disease (eg, AIDS, Prion); Optic Neuropathy |
| Description |
We describe a case of tuberculous pachymeningitis in a patient who presented with painless retrobulbar optic neuritis and was completely asymptomatic for meningeal disease. Meningeal involvement was only evident by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. |
| Date |
2019-03 |
| Language |
eng |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Type |
Text |
| Source |
2019 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting |
| Relation is Part of |
NAM 2019: Poster Session I: Clinical Highlights in Neuro-Ophthalmology |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/ |
| Publisher |
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
Copyright 2019. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6sb8q35 |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_nam |
| ID |
1432251 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sb8q35 |
