OCULAR MANIFESTATION OF TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS IN CHILDREN
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 40
Abstract
BACKGROUND Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is a prevalent disease in our country. Eyes are often involved in cases of tuberculous meningitis sooner or later in variable number of cases and permanent vision loss or nerve palsy may result. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present study was carried out in Patna Medical College and Hospital from Jan 2017 to Dec 2017 in children upto age 10 years. In total, 50 patients of Tuberculous meningitis were selected from cases of meningitis of varying aetiology. Pure cases of tuberculous meningitis were included for the present study and other causes of meningitis were excluded from the study. RESULTS Out of 50 cases of TBM in children, 10 cases of TBM had ocular complications. CONCLUSION Various ocular complications noted in the present study including conjugate deviations of eye and head, pupillary changes, vitreous haze, optic nerve changes, cranial nerve palsy and visual loss.
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Umesh Prasad Bhadani, Ranjeet Kumar
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