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A 70-year-old female presented with complaints of gradual blurring OU for 2 months. Her vision dropped from 6/6 to 6/20 in the right eye and from 6/12 to 6/60 in the left within 2 months. According to her family, her medical history included hypertension, cardiac arrhythmia, and controlled hypothyroidism under Eltroxin. She was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis 11 months prior and has since been taking AkuriT-3 (Rifampin 150 mg), isoniazid (75 mg), and ethambutol (275 mg) 4# QD. These medications were discontinued 9 months ago and changed to PZA (500 mg) 3# QD. PZA was used for half a year and was changed to Rifinah (300 mg) 2#QD for 3 weeks and again changed to Levofloxacin (500 mg) 1# QD and Rifampin (150 mg) 4# QD. Her vision notably worsened in the most recent 2 months, despite active revision of antituberculosis medications, so she was referred to our department.
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Wang, AG. (2018). Ethambutol-Induced Optic Neuropathy. In: Emergency Neuro-ophthalmology . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7668-8_11
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