title: Proptosis in a post-renal transplant patient with disseminated tuberculosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Andhra Pradesh, India. sa_vskumar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vishnubhotla
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Siddhartha
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sivramakrishna
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Lakshmi
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kumaraswamy
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents