ABSTRACT Choroidal tuberculoma is a rare form of ocular tuberculosis that poses a diagnostic dilemma when there is no systemic manifestation. We describe a case of a 37-year-old lady who presented with decreased vision and superior visual field defect in her right eye for a duration of 2 weeks. The right eye visual field defect was described as a superior altitudinal field defect. Her visual acuity in the right eye was 20/30. Right fundus examination revealed an elevated hypopigmented subretinal […]

ABSTRACT Choroidal tuberculomas are present in patients with ocular tuberculosis. They usually occur in a patient with previous history of tuberculosis, and are rarely the initial presentation, with no prior systemic manifestations. We present a patient with unilateral choroidal tuberculoma as the initial presentation of presumed ocular tuberculosis, which enabled earlier initiation of treatment.

A tuberculose (TB) é uma doença infecciosa de grande magnitude no mundo. Dos pacientes com doença extrapulmonar, as manifestações oculares são raras, mas entre os casos relatados, a manifestação ocular mais comum é a uveíte. O diagnóstico de TB ocular deve ser feito o mais precoce possível para que o tratamento seja iniciado e os riscos de complicações oculares sejam minimizados. O objetivo deste estudo é relatar um caso de TB ocular que se apresentou como uveíte anterior. Uma paciente […]

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease of great magnitude in the world. Of patients with extrapulmonary disease, ocular manifestations are rare but among reported cases the most common ocular manifestation is uveitis. The diagnosis of ocular TB should be made as early as possible so that treatment is initiated and the risks of ocular complications are minimized. The objective of this study is to report an ocular TB case that presented as anterior uveitis. A 52-year-old female patient, a nursing […]

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), which attacks mainly the lungs. This disease can also attack any part of the eye; however, the more attacked ocular site is the uvea. The incidence of involvement of ocular and other sites TB is of 1% to 2%. Some authors describe several intraocular alterations, presenting the most varied clinical presentations, such as anterior, posterior, and intermediate uveitis, as well as panuveitis. In this revision, we will approach specifically […]

Report of four cases of presumed ocular tuberculosis, with involvement of the posterior segment in tree cases. In the first and second case, report anterior involvement of the eye and antecedent of tuberculosis, in a systemic case and the other ocular. In the third case, patient presents coriorretiniana lesion in the left eye. In the fourth case, report lesion serpiginosa-like.The patients under-went the treatment for tuberculosis. The ocular lesions of the tuberculosis are polymorphic and we must be aware of […]