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Neuro-Ophthalmology Volume 4, 1984 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Tuberculosis and the anterior optic pathways

Giorgio Iraci Group for Neuro-Ophthalmology & Orbital Disorders, Post-graduate Medical Schools (Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology), Institutes of Neurosurgery, University of Padova, Italy
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Renzo Giordano Group for Neuro-Ophthalmology & Orbital Disorders, Post-graduate Medical Schools (Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology), Institutes of Pathologic Anatomy, University of Padova, Italy
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Daniele L. Fiore Group for Neuro-Ophthalmology & Orbital Disorders, Post-graduate Medical Schools (Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology), Institutes of Diagnostic Neuroradiology, University of Padova, Italy
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Laura Tomazzoli Group for Neuro-Ophthalmology & Orbital Disorders, Post-graduate Medical Schools (Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology), Institutes of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Italy
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Massimo A. Gerosa Group for Neuro-Ophthalmology & Orbital Disorders, Post-graduate Medical Schools (Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology), Institutes of Neurosurgery, University of Padova, Italy
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Kurt Pardatscher Group for Neuro-Ophthalmology & Orbital Disorders, Post-graduate Medical Schools (Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology), Institutes of Diagnostic Neuroradiology, University of Padova, Italy
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Francesco Galligioni Group for Neuro-Ophthalmology & Orbital Disorders, Post-graduate Medical Schools (Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology), Institutes of Diagnostic Neuroradiology, University of Padova, Italy
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Antonio G. Secchi Group for Neuro-Ophthalmology & Orbital Disorders, Post-graduate Medical Schools (Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology), Institutes of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Italy
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Raffaele Javicoli Group for Neuro-Ophthalmology & Orbital Disorders, Post-graduate Medical Schools (Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology), Institutes of Diagnostic Neuroradiology, University of Padova, Italy
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Luigi Peserico Group for Neuro-Ophthalmology & Orbital Disorders, Post-graduate Medical Schools (Neurosurgery and Ophthalmology), Institutes of Neurosurgery, University of Padova, Italy
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Pages 111-127 | Accepted 15 Nov 1983, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Sixteen patients (one with tuberculoma of the anterior optic pathways, the other 15 with opto-chiasmatic arachnoiditis) are presented. They are divided into three categories (definite, likely, possible) from the point of view of the pathogenetic link of their optic pathology with a primary tuberculous infection. Neurosurgical treatment had a positive effect upon the visual symptoms in five patients (31.25%), no effect in three cases (18.75%); in the other eight patients (50%) it could not prevent progression of visual impairment.

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