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- Title
Retinal vasculitis in a patient with abdominal tuberculosis.
- Authors
Kannan, Balaji; Govindarajan, Kummararaj; Kummararaj, Sherin; Balaji, Vijayalakshmi; Natarajapillai, Venugopal
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
INDIA; VASCULITIS; TUBERCULOSIS patients; RETINA abnormalities; ANTITUBERCULAR agents; STEROID drugs; EYE abnormalities; VISION disorders; RETINAL degeneration; PATIENTS
- Publication
Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2010, Vol 3, Issue 2, p81
- ISSN
0974-620X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0974-620X.64232