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Proptosis in a post‐renal transplant patient with disseminated tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Vishnubhotla S.,
Siddhartha B.,
Sivramakrishna G.,
Lakshmi A.Y.,
Kumaraswamy R.M.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00394.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculoma , renal transplant , tuberculosis , surgery , orbit (dynamics) , transplantation , pathology , engineering , aerospace engineering
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.