Presumed Tubercular Multifocal Choroiditis
Purpose: To report a case of tubercular choroiditis that was initially treated for multifocal choroiditis. Case Report: A 54-year-old female patient diagnosed with multifocal choroiditis was referred to the clinic while undergoing treatment with systemic prednisone and methotrexate. The presenting...
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Purpose: To report a case of tubercular choroiditis that was initially treated for multifocal choroiditis. Case
Report: A 54-year-old female patient diagnosed with multifocal choroiditis was referred to the clinic while undergoing treatment with systemic prednisone and methotrexate. The presenting visual acuity was 20/100 in the right eye and finger counting at 1 meter in the left eye. Further investigation by repeated tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold test revealed tuberculosis as the probable cause of choroiditis. The patient was started on a four-drug antituberculosis regimen. Six months later, the vision improved significantly to 20/30 in the right eye and finger counting at 6 meters in the left eye, with no remaining cellular reaction.
Conclusion: Tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of multifocal choroiditis, and it is vital to perform careful history taking and thorough examinations.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c78fcb12710b4e75979d5be7436987602025-01-21T05:15:09ZengKnowledge EJournal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research2008-20102008-322X2024-12-0119410.18502/jovr.v19i4.11199Presumed Tubercular Multifocal ChoroiditisMasoud Soheilian0Pejvak Azadi1Ocular Tissue Engineering Research Center, Research Institute for Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Ophthalmology, Emam Khomeini Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran Purpose: To report a case of tubercular choroiditis that was initially treated for multifocal choroiditis. Case Report: A 54-year-old female patient diagnosed with multifocal choroiditis was referred to the clinic while undergoing treatment with systemic prednisone and methotrexate. The presenting visual acuity was 20/100 in the right eye and finger counting at 1 meter in the left eye. Further investigation by repeated tuberculin skin test and QuantiFERON-TB Gold test revealed tuberculosis as the probable cause of choroiditis. The patient was started on a four-drug antituberculosis regimen. Six months later, the vision improved significantly to 20/30 in the right eye and finger counting at 6 meters in the left eye, with no remaining cellular reaction. Conclusion: Tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of multifocal choroiditis, and it is vital to perform careful history taking and thorough examinations. https://knepublishing.com/index.php/JOVR/article/view/11199Multifocal ChoroiditisOcular TuberculosisUveitis |
| spellingShingle | Masoud Soheilian Pejvak Azadi Presumed Tubercular Multifocal Choroiditis Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research Multifocal Choroiditis Ocular Tuberculosis Uveitis |
| title | Presumed Tubercular Multifocal Choroiditis |
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| title_short | Presumed Tubercular Multifocal Choroiditis |
| title_sort | presumed tubercular multifocal choroiditis |
| topic | Multifocal Choroiditis Ocular Tuberculosis Uveitis |
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