JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL RESEARCH - Vol. II, n 2, December, 2015

Pages: 161-162
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Systemic Tuberculosis Revealed by Ophthalmic Manifestations

Author: F. Alami, S. El Merrouni, M. Oudbib, E. Abdellah, A. Berraho

Category: JMSR Pathogens

Abstract:

Tuberculosis can have a variety of ocular manifestations, and consequently may mimic a number of ocular inflammatory diseases. Moreover, the absence of pulmonary tuberculosis does not rule out the diagnosis of ocular tuberculosis.

Most commonly, tuberculosis presents as a posterior uveitis how indicates a choroidal involvement.

We report a case of choroidal location as a first manifestation of disseminated tuberculosis; the choroidal granulomas were discovered before the diagnosis tuberculosis and guided the investigations, which allowed the identification of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis bacillus in the body.

Keywords: Tuberculosis, Intraocular, Choroidal.