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Year : 2018 | Volume
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Unique case of midbrain tuberculoma presenting as isolated inferior rectus palsy with nystagmus
Akkayasamy Kowsalya, Umang Gajarlewar, Namrata G Adulkar, S Mahesh Kumar
Department of Neuro Ophthalmology, Aravind Eye Hospitals and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Akkayasamy Kowsalya Department of Neuro Ophthalmology, Aravind Eye Hospitals and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, 1, Anna Nagar, Madurai - 625 020, Tamil Nadu India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_470_17
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Isolated brain stem tuberculoma constitutes about 5% of all intracranial tuberculomas. A case of isolated inferior rectus palsy with downbeat nystagmus due to presumed midbrain tuberculoma in an immunocompetent patient is described here. This report documents a rare entity of a combination of partial third nerve palsy with pupil involvement along with downbeat nystagmus.
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