Proptosis in a post-renal transplant patient with disseminated tuberculosis.
A 55-year-old male patient 13 years post living-related renal transplant on immunosuppressives presented with prolonged fever and a recent protrusion of the right eyeball. Evaluation revealed disseminated tuberculosis with a tuberculoma in the right orbit.
Vishnubhotla
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Department of Nephrology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, India. sa_vskumar@yahoo.com
Siddhartha
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Sivramakrishna
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Lakshmi
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Kumaraswamy
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D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology
D000995:Antitubercular Agents