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Case Reports
. 2009 Jun;11(3):241-2.
doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00394.x. Epub 2009 Apr 22.

Proptosis in a post-renal transplant patient with disseminated tuberculosis

S Vishnubhotla  1 , B Siddhartha, G Sivramakrishna, A Y Lakshmi, R M Kumaraswamy
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Proptosis in a post-renal transplant patient with disseminated tuberculosis

S Vishnubhotla et al. Transpl Infect Dis. 2009 Jun.

Abstract

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.

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