ABSTRACT
Posterior scleral tuberculoma formation is an extremely rare condition. The few reports on scleral involvement in tuberculosis refer to cases of anterior scleritis. In the present manuscript we describe a patient who had rheumatoid arthritis and developed a large posterior scleral tuberculoma. The lesion provoked retinal detachment and visual loss and was diagnosed only after enucleation due to a misdiagnosis of choroidal melanoma.
A formação de granuloma tuberculoso na esclera posterior é um evento extremamente raro. Os poucos relatos de acometimento escleral na tuberculose referem-se a casos de esclerite anterior. No presente trabalho é descrito um caso de granuloma escleral posterior em um paciente portador de artrite reumatóide. A lesão provocou descolamento da retina e perda visual e só foi diagnosticada após enucleação por suspeita de melanoma de coróide.
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Aged , Female , Humans , Scleral Diseases/pathology , Tuberculoma/pathology , Tuberculosis, Ocular/pathologyABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the use of isoptin in kidney transplants recipients. Methods The graft acute rejection rate,the cyclosporin A daily dose and its trough level and toxicity,the blood pressure and cardiovascular complications,the serum creatinine and blood sugar were studied in cadaveric kidney transplant recipients both with and without the additional use of isoptin. Results With the additional use of isoptin in 44 cadaveric kidney transplant recipients,the acute rejection rate has not increased.After using isoptin for 2 weeks,CsA blood level has been increased 25.5% whereas the CsA dose been cut down 32.6 %.So,drug expense dropped about 30.0% and CsA toxicity (hand tremble,insomnia) was slightly decreased. Conclusions Isoptin does not inecease the graft acute rejection rate yet makes the CsA dose and its toxicity less.