Unique case of presumed ocular tuberculosis presenting as bilateral pseudoretinitis pigmentosa

Ocular tuberculosis is often a challenging diagnosis with extremely diverse clinical manifestations and, most times, impractical bacilli isolation. Here we describe an unprecedented case of presumed ocular tuberculosis presenting with bilateral pseudoretinitis pigmentosa and retinal vasculitis.

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Autores principales: Martins Melo, Isabela, Ferreira Gomes, Renata Caroline, Amaral Yung, Alexandre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8858881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35243154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101412
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spelling pubmed-88588812022-03-02 Unique case of presumed ocular tuberculosis presenting as bilateral pseudoretinitis pigmentosa Martins Melo, Isabela Ferreira Gomes, Renata Caroline Amaral Yung, Alexandre Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep Image Ocular tuberculosis is often a challenging diagnosis with extremely diverse clinical manifestations and, most times, impractical bacilli isolation. Here we describe an unprecedented case of presumed ocular tuberculosis presenting with bilateral pseudoretinitis pigmentosa and retinal vasculitis. Elsevier 2022-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8858881/ /pubmed/35243154 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101412 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://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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Unique case of presumed ocular tuberculosis presenting as bilateral pseudoretinitis pigmentosa
title Unique case of presumed ocular tuberculosis presenting as bilateral pseudoretinitis pigmentosa
title_full Unique case of presumed ocular tuberculosis presenting as bilateral pseudoretinitis pigmentosa
title_fullStr Unique case of presumed ocular tuberculosis presenting as bilateral pseudoretinitis pigmentosa
title_full_unstemmed Unique case of presumed ocular tuberculosis presenting as bilateral pseudoretinitis pigmentosa
title_short Unique case of presumed ocular tuberculosis presenting as bilateral pseudoretinitis pigmentosa
title_sort unique case of presumed ocular tuberculosis presenting as bilateral pseudoretinitis pigmentosa
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8858881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35243154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101412
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