Choroidal granuloma resolution with tuberculosis treatment

PURPOSE: To report a case of presumed ocular tuberculosis, successfully treated with anti-tubercular therapy alone. OBSERVATIONS: Resolution of a presumed tubercular choroidal granuloma occurred after initiation of 4-drug anti-tubercular therapy, without any adjunct corticosteroid treatment. CONCLUS...

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Autores principales: Young, LeAnne, Yakin, Mehmet, Sen, H. Nida
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7581821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33117917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100969
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description PURPOSE: To report a case of presumed ocular tuberculosis, successfully treated with anti-tubercular therapy alone. OBSERVATIONS: Resolution of a presumed tubercular choroidal granuloma occurred after initiation of 4-drug anti-tubercular therapy, without any adjunct corticosteroid treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Though corticosteroids are commonly used as adjunctive treatment for ocular tuberculosis, treatment with anti-tubercular therapy alone is possible in select patients with close follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-75818212020-10-27 Choroidal granuloma resolution with tuberculosis treatment Young, LeAnne Yakin, Mehmet Sen, H. Nida Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Case Report PURPOSE: To report a case of presumed ocular tuberculosis, successfully treated with anti-tubercular therapy alone. OBSERVATIONS: Resolution of a presumed tubercular choroidal granuloma occurred after initiation of 4-drug anti-tubercular therapy, without any adjunct corticosteroid treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Though corticosteroids are commonly used as adjunctive treatment for ocular tuberculosis, treatment with anti-tubercular therapy alone is possible in select patients with close follow-up. Elsevier 2020-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7581821/ /pubmed/33117917 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100969 Text en Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Choroidal granuloma resolution with tuberculosis treatment
title_full Choroidal granuloma resolution with tuberculosis treatment
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title_full_unstemmed Choroidal granuloma resolution with tuberculosis treatment
title_short Choroidal granuloma resolution with tuberculosis treatment
title_sort choroidal granuloma resolution with tuberculosis treatment
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7581821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33117917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100969
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