Optic nerve tuberculoma in an immunocompetent patient: Case report. 2021

Zineb Benchekroun, and Youssef Alaoui Lamrani, and Meriem Haloua, and Meriem Boubbou, and Mustapha Maâroufi, and Badreddine Alami
Radiology Department of CHU HASSAN II de Fez, Fez, Morocco.

Optic nerve tuberculoma is a rare extra-pulmonary manifestation of mycobacterial infection. It is usually associated with HIV infected patients. Due to its clinical polymorphism, the diagnosis and management of the disease either in immunocompetent patients and immunocompromised ones remains challenging. Herein, we discuss a case of a 32-year-old patient with no history of immunodeficiency admitted for multifocal tuberculosis with a reduced visual acuity as an extra-pulmonary manifestation, and radiologically revealed the presence of tuberculoma in the optic nerve in the cerebral MRI.

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