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CASO CLÍNICO: Mujer de 38 años con pérdida visual en ojo izquierdo y papiledema bilateral. La resonancia magnética nuclear (RMN) mostraba engrosamiento de la duramadre y la presión intracraneal estaba elevada. Se descartó enfermedad infecciosa, tumoral y autoinmune. DISCUSIÓN: La respuesta inicial a corticoides fue satisfactoria con desaparición del edema de disco óptico, mejoría de la agudeza visual y mejoría radiológica. Después de un año sin tratamiento presentó un nuevo brote, desarrollando una neuropatía óptica izquierda con pérdida irreversible de visión a pesar del retratamiento con corticoides y azatioprina
CASE REPORT: A 38-year-old female patient with bilateral papilledema who presented with loss of vision in her left eye. The Magnetic Resonance Imagining (MRI) showed thickening of the dura mater, and the intracranial pressure was elevated. A cancer, infectious, and autoimmune origin was ruled out. DISCUSSION: The initial response to high doses of corticoids was satisfactory, with disappearance of the optic disc enema, with visual acuity and an improvement in the MRI. However, after one year without treatment she had a new outbreak of the disease. Despite renewed treatment with corticoids and azathioprine, the patient developed a left optic neuropathy and irreversible visual loss
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Humanos , Feminino , Meningite/metabolismo , Meningite/patologia , Atrofia Óptica/metabolismo , Atrofia Óptica/patologia , Corticosteroides/administração & dosagem , Corticosteroides/síntese química , Diplopia/congênito , Diplopia/patologia , Meningite/diagnóstico , Meningite/genética , Atrofia Óptica/diagnóstico , Atrofia Óptica/genética , Corticosteroides , Corticosteroides/farmacocinética , Diplopia/complicações , Diplopia/diagnósticoRESUMO
CASE REPORT: A 38-year-old female patient with bilateral papilledema who presented with loss of vision in her left eye. The Magnetic Resonance Imagining (MRI) showed thickening of the dura mater, and the intracranial pressure was elevated. A cancer, infectious, and autoimmune origin was ruled out. DISCUSSION: The initial response to high doses of corticoids was satisfactory, with disappearance of the optic disc enema, with visual acuity and an improvement in the MRI. However, after one year without treatment she had a new outbreak of the disease. Despite renewed treatment with corticoids and azathioprine, the patient developed a left optic neuropathy and irreversible visual loss.