Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Print ISSN: 2395-1443

Online ISSN: 2395-1451

CODEN : IJCEKF

Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...

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Tanvi Poy Raiturcar*, Ugam Usgaonkar, Marushka Aguiar


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An unusual case of scleral abscesses preceded by uveitis


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Author Details : Tanvi Poy Raiturcar*, Ugam Usgaonkar, Marushka Aguiar

Volume : 5, Issue : 1, Year : 2019

Article Page : 131-133

https://doi.org/10.18231/2395-1451.2019.0031



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Abstract

Ocular tuberculosis is a very rare clinical presentation. The limited specimen size available for investigation makes it difficult to reach an accurate diagnosis. Here is a case of uveitis which did not show any improvement with topical steroids and progressively worsened to develop scleral abscesses. The only positive history was contact with a patient of pulmonary tuberculosis and the only positive investigation was a strongly positive Mantoux test. Based on these the patient was started on anti-tuberculosis therapy and showed a dramatic improvement.
This is only the second such case reported in the literature.

Keywords: Ocular tuberculosis, Scleral abscesses, Uveitis.


How to cite : Raiturcar T P, Usgaonkar U, Aguiar M, An unusual case of scleral abscesses preceded by uveitis. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019;5(1):131-133

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