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Diagnosis of tubercular brain abscess through ocular manifestation


Smita Anand
Kumar Rajiv
Ranjan Ashis

Abstract

Central nervous system tuberculosis is a severe form of extra‑pulmonary tuberculosis. It mainly presents as meningitis or tuberculoma. Tubercular brain abscess (TBA) is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient. We report a case of TBA who presented to us due to the defective vision and headache.

Keywords: Brain abscess, papilledema, tuberculosis


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