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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 81-85 |
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Retinal vasculitis in a patient with abdominal tuberculosis
Balaji Kannan, Kummararaj Govindarajan, Sherin Kummararaj, Vijayalakshmi Balaji, Venugopal Natarajapillai
Retina Clinic, Dr. A. Govindarajan Eye Hospital and Research Institute, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Balaji Kannan
Dr A Govindarajan Eye Hospital, 6, Officer's Colony, Puthur, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu - 620 017
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-620X.64232
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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. |
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