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Fırat Tıp Dergisi |
2009, Cilt 14, Sayı 4, Sayfa(lar) 290-292 |
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Cerebellitis due to Antituberculosis Therapy in a Patient with Chronic Renal Failure |
Meliha TAN1, Özlem ALKAN2, Sibel KARACA1, Başak KARAKURUM GÖKSEL1, Yusuf Ziya DEMİROĞLU3 |
1Başkent Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Nöroloji Anabilim Dalı, ADANA, Türkiye 2Başkent Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Radyoloji Anabilim Dalı, ADANA, Türkiye 3Başkent Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, ADANA, Türkiye |
The incidence of tuberculosis in patients treated with hemodialysis for chronic renal failure is higher than in the general population. Further, those
patients often experience adverse effects from therapy with anti-tuberculosis drugs. Although the ototoxicity and toxic retinopathy caused by antituberculosis
drugs is well known, the cerebellar syndrome is rare. We presented a 50-year-old woman developed cerebellar ataxia who was on
hemodialysis program and taking anti-tuberculosis drugs combination therapy. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed cerebellar edema.
Cerebellar signs partially reversed after discontinuation of anti-tuberculosis therapy and initiation of pyridoxine therapy. In our patient, isoniazid was
probably the drug that caused cerebellar signs and symptoms. In conclusion, a diagnosis of isoniazid-induced cerebellitis should be considered when
cerebellar signs develop in patients undergoing hemodialysis and treated with isoniazid.
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