Ocular Tuberculosis with Progressive Unilateral Corneal Melting

OBJECTIVES: In this case report, we present a patient with ocular tuberculosis presenting with progressive unilateral corneal melting. PATIENT: A 47-year-old female was admitted with melting at the inferior half of the peripheral cornea and inferior subconjunctival nodules. Biopsy material of the no...

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Autores principales: Bayraktutar, Betül N., Uçakhan-Gündüz, Ömür
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2015
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Published online: September, 2015
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26483670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000439426
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description OBJECTIVES: In this case report, we present a patient with ocular tuberculosis presenting with progressive unilateral corneal melting. PATIENT: A 47-year-old female was admitted with melting at the inferior half of the peripheral cornea and inferior subconjunctival nodules. Biopsy material of the nodules was negative for tuberculosis bacillus. However, polymerase chain reaction of the biopsy sample revealed the DNA of the bacillus, and the diagnosis was confirmed. CONCLUSION: In endemic areas, ocular tuberculosis should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients with chronic and atypical corneal involvement.
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spelling pubmed-46086362015-10-19 Ocular Tuberculosis with Progressive Unilateral Corneal Melting Bayraktutar, Betül N. Uçakhan-Gündüz, Ömür Case Rep Ophthalmol Published online: September, 2015 OBJECTIVES: In this case report, we present a patient with ocular tuberculosis presenting with progressive unilateral corneal melting. PATIENT: A 47-year-old female was admitted with melting at the inferior half of the peripheral cornea and inferior subconjunctival nodules. Biopsy material of the nodules was negative for tuberculosis bacillus. However, polymerase chain reaction of the biopsy sample revealed the DNA of the bacillus, and the diagnosis was confirmed. CONCLUSION: In endemic areas, ocular tuberculosis should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients with chronic and atypical corneal involvement. S. Karger AG 2015-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4608636/ /pubmed/26483670 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000439426 Text en Copyright © 2015 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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title_full Ocular Tuberculosis with Progressive Unilateral Corneal Melting
title_fullStr Ocular Tuberculosis with Progressive Unilateral Corneal Melting
title_full_unstemmed Ocular Tuberculosis with Progressive Unilateral Corneal Melting
title_short Ocular Tuberculosis with Progressive Unilateral Corneal Melting
title_sort ocular tuberculosis with progressive unilateral corneal melting
topic Published online: September, 2015
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608636/
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