Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2016 Mar;10(3):NR01-3.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/16219.7375. Epub 2016 Mar 1.

Tubercular Uveitis with Ocular Manifestation as the First Presentation of Tuberculosis: A Case Series

Jayashree S Shah  1 , Niharika Shetty  2 , Sharath Kumar D Shah  3 , Neelesh Kumar S Shah  4
Affiliations

Tubercular Uveitis with Ocular Manifestation as the First Presentation of Tuberculosis: A Case Series

Jayashree S Shah et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Mar.

Abstract

Tuberculosis is very common disease in India. It is one of the most common causes of Granulomatous Uveitis in our Country even today. So the strongest suspicion in our mind when we are treating a case of Uveitis, should be TB. We reviewed all the cases of clinically suspected ocular tuberculosis attending the Ophthalmology OPD of Sri Siddhartha Medical College between December 2012 and December 2014 who were refractory to routine uveitis management and later on responded to anti-Tubercular treatment. History of TB contact, Ocular manifestation, Demographic Profile of the patients, Diagnostic test, Treatment regime were looked into. Here by we present a case series of 15 cases of refractory uveitis that later were detected to be of tuberculous origin. We studied the characteristic features, complications and correlation of mantoux test, ESR and Koch's contact with these cases.

Keywords: Koch’s contacts; Mantoux test; Posterior uveitis.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

References

    1. Demirci H, Shields C, Shields J, Eagle R. Ocular tuberculosis masquerading as ocular tumors. Survey of Ophthalmology. 2004;49(1):78–89. - PubMed
    1. Massaro D. Choroidal Tubercles. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1964;60(2_Part_1):231. - PubMed
    1. Cunningham E. TB or not TB? The perennial question. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2001;85(2):127–28. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Gupta A, Gupta V. Tubercular Posterior Uveitis. International Ophthalmology Clinics. 2005;45(2):71–88. - PubMed
    1. Torres R, Calonge M. Macular edema as the only ocular finding of tuberculosis. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2004;138(6):1048–49. - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources