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Ocular tuberculosis: case reports

The authors report two cases of presumed ocular tuberculosis with choroidal involvement. In the first case, we describe a 43-year-old male, HIV positive, with pulmonary and cerebral tuberculosis, who presented a single choroidal nodule in the left eye's macula. In the second case, a 12-year-old female with pulmonary tuberculosis presented multifocal choroiditis and anterior involvement of the left eye. Both patients underwent the treatment for tuberculosis and the lesions completely resolved. The ocular lesions of tuberculosis are polymorphic and we must be aware of this disease.

Ocular tuberculosis; Uveitis; Choroiditis; HIV; Antitubercular agents; Case report


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