Retinal vasculitis in a patient with abdominal tuberculosis

Retinal vasculitis in a patient with abdominal tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common systemic diseases in India. Intraocular TB is however, rare. Retinal vasculitis is a relatively rare manifestion of intraocular TB. We report a case of bilateral retinal vasculitis in a 19-year-old girl with abdominal tuberculosis. The patient responded we...

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Veröffentlicht in:Oman journal of ophthalmology 2010-05, Vol.3 (2), p.81-85
Hauptverfasser: Kannan, Balaji, Govindarajan, Kummararaj, Kummararaj, Sherin, Balaji, Vijayalakshmi, Natarajapillai, Venugopal
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Sprache:eng
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C reactive protein
Case Report
Case studies
Colonoscopy
Complications and side effects
Diagnosis
Eale′s disease
Genetic aspects
Medical diagnosis
Medical imaging
Polymerase chain reaction
Retinal diseases
retinal vasculitis
Risk factors
serum ACE
Tuberculosis
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Zusammenfassung:Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common systemic diseases in India. Intraocular TB is however, rare. Retinal vasculitis is a relatively rare manifestion of intraocular TB. We report a case of bilateral retinal vasculitis in a 19-year-old girl with abdominal tuberculosis. The patient responded well to anti-TB treatment along with a short course of low dose oral steroids. Vision in her right eye however remained compromised due to residual maculopathy. This is the first report of bilateral retinal vasculitis due to colonic TB.
ISSN:0974-620X
0974-7842
DOI:10.4103/0974-620X.64232