Open AccessRetinal vasculitis in a patient with abdominal tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Balaji Kannan,
Govindarajan Kummararaj,
Sherin Kummararaj,
V. Balaji,
Venugopal Natarajapillai
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
oman journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 0974-7842
pISSN - 0974-620X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-620x.64232
Subject(s) - medicine , retinal vasculitis , vasculitis , tuberculosis , retinal , dermatology , ophthalmology , pathology , disease
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common systemic diseases in India. Intraocular TB is however, rare. Retinal vasculitis is a relatively rare manifestion of intraocular TB. We report a case of bilateral retinal vasculitis in a 19-year-old girl with abdominal tuberculosis. The patient responded well to anti-TB treatment along with a short course of low dose oral steroids. Vision in her right eye however remained compromised due to residual maculopathy. This is the first report of bilateral retinal vasculitis due to colonic TB.