Department of Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jul;66(7):1036-1039. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1040_17.
This case report describes a rare presentation of presumed brain stem tuberculoma in a 28-year-old male who presented with acute onset of third cranial nerve palsy with contralateral hemiparesis (Weber syndrome) and upgaze palsy. Isolated midbrain tuberculoma is rare, presenting with varied clinical manifestations and radiological findings posing as a diagnostic dilemma. Weber syndrome is commonly caused by midbrain infarct secondary to occlusion of branches of the posterior cerebral artery and rarely from a tuberculoma. The patient is a case of disseminated tuberculosis with granuloma in midbrain causing pressure effect, thereby presenting with features consistent with Weber syndrome and upgaze palsy. The patient had good recovery with antitubercular treatment and systemic steroids.
本病例报告描述了一位 28 岁男性患者出现疑似脑干结核瘤的罕见表现,其表现为急性第三颅神经麻痹伴对侧偏瘫(Weber 综合征)和上视肌麻痹。孤立性中脑结核瘤较为罕见,临床表现和影像学表现多样,构成诊断难题。Weber 综合征通常由大脑后动脉分支闭塞引起的中脑梗死引起,很少由结核瘤引起。该患者患有播散性肺结核,伴中脑肉芽肿导致压迫效应,表现为符合 Weber 综合征和上视肌麻痹的特征。患者经抗结核治疗和全身类固醇治疗后恢复良好。