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Papillitis and neuroretinitis of tuberculous etiology
A 57-year-old man with miliary tuberculosis reported visual loss in his right eye, a month after starting a four-drug antituberculous treatment regimen. On exploration, an inferior segmental optic disk edema was objectived and it was attributed to ischemic etiology. Ethambutol was withdrawn and 60mg...
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Published in: | Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología (English ed.) 2019-07, Vol.94 (7), p.359-362 |
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Summary: | A 57-year-old man with miliary tuberculosis reported visual loss in his right eye, a month after starting a four-drug antituberculous treatment regimen. On exploration, an inferior segmental optic disk edema was objectived and it was attributed to ischemic etiology. Ethambutol was withdrawn and 60mg of oral prednisone daily were given with a tapering dosage. One and a half months later, he presented a sudden loss of vision in his left eye. In fundoscopy, a papillary edema accompanied by a foveal neurosensory detachment was observed but with no more accompanying uveitic signs. Treatment was intensified with moxifloxacin and corticosteroids were reduced, showing a resolution of the macular detachment but with optic atrophy.
Isolated tuberculous involvement of the optic nerve may possible in the context of miliary tuberculosis. In this case, the adopted therapeutic approach to the initial papillitis, which was interpreted as ischemic, could favor the appearance of a neuroretinitis in the fellow eye.
Varón de 57 años con tuberculosis miliar que refirió pérdida visual por ojo derecho, al mes de iniciar un régimen antituberculoso de 4 fármacos. En la exploración se objetivó un edema papilar sectorial inferior que fue atribuido a etiología isquémica. Se le retiró el etambutol y se le administraron 60mg diarios de prednisona oral en pauta descendente. Al mes y medio, presentó una pérdida súbita de visión en el ojo izquierdo. En el fondo de ojo se observó un edema de papila acompañado de un desprendimiento neurosensorial de la fóvea, sin más signos uveíticos acompañantes. Le fue intensificado el tratamiento con moxifloxacino y se redujeron los corticoides, objetivándose una resolución del desprendimiento macular, pero con atrofia óptica.
Es posible la afectación tuberculosa aislada del nervio óptico en el contexto de una tuberculosis miliar. En este caso, la actitud terapéutica adoptada ante la papilitis inicial, al ser interpretada como isquémica, pudo favorecer la aparición de la neurorretinitis en el ojo adelfo. |
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ISSN: | 2173-5794 2173-5794 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.oftale.2018.12.011 |