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. 2023 Dec;37(18):3716-3717.
doi: 10.1038/s41433-023-02628-3. Epub 2023 Jun 14.

Presumed ocular tuberculosis - need for caution before considering anti-tubercular therapy

Rohan Chawla  1 , Urvashi B Singh  2 , Devesh Kumawat  3 , Pradeep Venkatesh  3
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Presumed ocular tuberculosis - need for caution before considering anti-tubercular therapy

Rohan Chawla et al. Eye (Lond). 2023 Dec.
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Fig. 1. Fundus photographs of definite and presumed ocular tuberculosis.
A A single large choroidal lesion with overlying exudative retinal detachment suggestive of choroidal tuberculoma. B Multifocal choroiditis lesions with geographic shape and active borders are suggestive of serpiginous like choroiditis. While choroidal tuberculoma responds to anti-tubercular therapy alone, serpiginous like choroiditis is treated with systemic steroids and immunosuppressive agents without ATT.
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