Literature DB >> 845636

Visual loss from optochiasmatic arachnoiditis after tuberculous meningitis. Case report.

R M Scott, V K Sonntag, L M Wilcox, L S Adelman, T H Rockel.   

Abstract

While recovering from tuberculous meningitis, a 5-year-old boy developed a profound visual deficit because of optochiasmatic arachnoiditis. Following microneurosurgical decompression of the optic nerves and chiasm, prompt visual recovery occurred.

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Year:  1977        PMID: 845636     DOI: 10.3171/jns.1977.46.4.0524

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Neurosurg        ISSN: 0022-3085            Impact factor:   5.115


  7 in total

Review 1.  Opto-chiasmatic arachnoiditis: a review of traditional neuroradiological diagnosis (82 cases, 1951--1976).

Authors:  G Iraci; F Galligioni; M Gerosa; A G Secchi; D Fiore; P Zampieri; L Rigobello; L Tomazzoli; K Pardatscher; G Marin; R Scattolin
Journal:  Acta Neurochir (Wien)       Date:  1979       Impact factor: 2.216

Review 2.  Chiasmapexy for secondary empty sella syndrome: diagnostic and therapeutic considerations.

Authors:  Thomas Graillon; Thibault Passeri; Mohamed Boucekine; Mikael Meyer; Rosaria Abritti; Anne-Laure Bernat; Moujahed Labidi; Henry Dufour; Sébastien Froelich
Journal:  Pituitary       Date:  2020-11-02       Impact factor: 4.107

Review 3.  The leptomeninges as a critical organ for normal CNS development and function: First patient and public involved systematic review of arachnoiditis (chronic meningitis).

Authors:  Carol S Palackdkharry; Stephanie Wottrich; Erin Dienes; Mohamad Bydon; Michael P Steinmetz; Vincent C Traynelis
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2022-09-30       Impact factor: 3.752

4.  Tuberculous meningitis: role of CT in management and prognosis.

Authors:  D P Kingsley; W A Hendrickse; B E Kendall; M Swash; V Singh
Journal:  J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry       Date:  1987-01       Impact factor: 10.154

Review 5.  Treatment of empty sella associated with visual impairment: a systematic review of chiasmapexy techniques.

Authors:  Lina Raffaella Barzaghi; Carmine Antonio Donofrio; Pietro Panni; Marco Losa; Pietro Mortini
Journal:  Pituitary       Date:  2018-02       Impact factor: 4.107

6.  Suprasellar tuberculoma developing during treatment of tuberculous meningitis requiring urgent surgical decompression.

Authors:  R Teoh; W Poon; M J Humphries; G O'Mahony
Journal:  J Neurol       Date:  1988-05       Impact factor: 4.849

Review 7.  Infectious optic neuropathies: a clinical update.

Authors:  Rim Kahloun; Nesrine Abroug; Imen Ksiaa; Anis Mahmoud; Hatem Zeghidi; Sonia Zaouali; Moncef Khairallah
Journal:  Eye Brain       Date:  2015-09-28
  7 in total

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