Open AccessTubercular Nodular Episcleritis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Sankalp Yadav,
Gautam Rawal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/15023.6335
Subject(s) - episcleritis , medicine , tuberculosis , extrapulmonary tuberculosis , dermatology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , presentation (obstetrics) , disease , pathology , surgery , ophthalmology , scleritis , uveitis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the acid-fast bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is an important cause of death worldwide. Tuberculosis most commonly affects the lungs, but has many extrapulmonary manifestations as well, including intraocular involvement. Tubercular nodular episcleritis is a very rare presentation and no such case in an adult male has been reported in the literature. Herein, we present the very first case of tubercular nodular episcleritis in a 30-year-old Indian male.