Recurrent Tubercular Episcleritis

Ocular tuberculosis (TB) is one of the extrapulmonary manifestations of mycobacterium TB. Episcleritis is a rare entity that may affect patients in endemic areas of TB. In this paper, we report a case of presumed recurrent episcleritis attributed to TB. TB should be kept as a possible cause of recur...

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Autores principales: Alnahdi, Muhannad A., Alasiri, Abdulelah A., Aldebasi, Tariq M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8547668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34759674
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.326666
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author Alnahdi, Muhannad A.
Alasiri, Abdulelah A.
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description Ocular tuberculosis (TB) is one of the extrapulmonary manifestations of mycobacterium TB. Episcleritis is a rare entity that may affect patients in endemic areas of TB. In this paper, we report a case of presumed recurrent episcleritis attributed to TB. TB should be kept as a possible cause of recurrent simple episcleritis upon encountering patients with endemic backgrounds to prevent the complication sequalae and halt recurrence.
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spelling pubmed-85476682021-11-09 Recurrent Tubercular Episcleritis Alnahdi, Muhannad A. Alasiri, Abdulelah A. Aldebasi, Tariq M. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Case Report Ocular tuberculosis (TB) is one of the extrapulmonary manifestations of mycobacterium TB. Episcleritis is a rare entity that may affect patients in endemic areas of TB. In this paper, we report a case of presumed recurrent episcleritis attributed to TB. TB should be kept as a possible cause of recurrent simple episcleritis upon encountering patients with endemic backgrounds to prevent the complication sequalae and halt recurrence. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8547668/ /pubmed/34759674 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.326666 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Recurrent Tubercular Episcleritis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8547668/
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