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CASE REPORT
Year : 2020  |  Volume : 68  |  Issue : 11  |  Page : 2583-2585

Extraocular spread following evisceration for rapidly progressive intraocular tuberculosis


1 Smt Kannuri Santhamma Center for Vitreoretinal Diseases, L V Prasad Eye Institute, KAR Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
2 Ophthalmic Pathology Laboratory Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, KAR Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
3 Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Service, L V Prasad Eye Institute, KAR Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
4 The Cornea Institute, L V Prasad Eye Institute, KAR Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Somasheila I Murthy
L V Prasad Eye Institute, KAR Campus, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500 034, Telangana
India
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1392_20

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We describe a case of right eye tubercular (TB) panuveitis with corneal involvement where repeated intraocular sampling was unsuccessful. Finally, evisceration and histopathology of ocular tissue confirmed the diagnosis of ocular tuberculosis. A chest X-ray showed signs of pulmonary TB. The patient was lost to follow-up but reported 2 months later with the right eyelid margin nodules with surface ulceration. Both eyelid and pulmonary lesions were resolved with anti-TB therapy.


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