Tuberculous meningitis with blindness and perichiasmal involvement on MRI

Pediatr Neurol. 1995 Jan;12(1):65-7. doi: 10.1016/0887-8994(94)00107-d.

Abstract

An 11-year-old boy with tuberculous meningitis developed blindness, a rare complication of this disease in the United States. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated perichiasmal enhancement, suggesting that arachnoiditis caused the visual loss. Serial neuroimaging over 7 months revealed a persistent inflammatory process in the chiasmatic cistern, hydrocephalus, and progressive cerebral infarctions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arachnoiditis / complications
  • Arachnoiditis / diagnosis
  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
  • Child
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / diagnosis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Optic Chiasm / pathology*
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / complications
  • Tuberculosis, Meningeal / diagnosis*