Two cases of retinal vasculitis in ocular tuberculosis involving different parts of the vascular system

Two case reports of retinal vasculitis in presumptive ocular tuberculosis are presented. Case 1 is a 26-year-old Malay woman who had phlebitis with choroidal lesions and case 2 is a 27 year old Malay woman who had occlusive arteritis. Both subjects had positive Mantoux tests with negative systemic s...

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Main Authors: Kok, Howe Sen, Tara Mary George, Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion, Muhaya Hj Mohamad
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit UKM 2006
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spelling ukm-18962016-12-14T06:30:24Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1896/ Two cases of retinal vasculitis in ocular tuberculosis involving different parts of the vascular system Kok, Howe Sen Tara Mary George, Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion, Muhaya Hj Mohamad, Two case reports of retinal vasculitis in presumptive ocular tuberculosis are presented. Case 1 is a 26-year-old Malay woman who had phlebitis with choroidal lesions and case 2 is a 27 year old Malay woman who had occlusive arteritis. Both subjects had positive Mantoux tests with negative systemic screen. Both responded clinically to anti-tuberculous therapy within days of commencing therapy. There was however concurrent increase in vitritis which decreased following anti-inflammatory doses of oral corticosteroids. These two cases represent a rare mode of presentation of ocular tuberculosis for which a high index of suspicion is needed. Multidrug anti-tuberculous therapy should be combined with oral corticosteroids for effective treatment Penerbit UKM 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1896/1/15._91-93_%28MH_009%29.pdf Kok, Howe Sen and Tara Mary George, and Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion, and Muhaya Hj Mohamad, (2006) Two cases of retinal vasculitis in ocular tuberculosis involving different parts of the vascular system. Medicine & Health, 1 (1). ISSN 1823-2140 http://www.ppukm.ukm.my/ukmmcjournal/index.php
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description Two case reports of retinal vasculitis in presumptive ocular tuberculosis are presented. Case 1 is a 26-year-old Malay woman who had phlebitis with choroidal lesions and case 2 is a 27 year old Malay woman who had occlusive arteritis. Both subjects had positive Mantoux tests with negative systemic screen. Both responded clinically to anti-tuberculous therapy within days of commencing therapy. There was however concurrent increase in vitritis which decreased following anti-inflammatory doses of oral corticosteroids. These two cases represent a rare mode of presentation of ocular tuberculosis for which a high index of suspicion is needed. Multidrug anti-tuberculous therapy should be combined with oral corticosteroids for effective treatment
format Article
author Kok, Howe Sen
Tara Mary George,
Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion,
Muhaya Hj Mohamad,
spellingShingle Kok, Howe Sen
Tara Mary George,
Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion,
Muhaya Hj Mohamad,
Two cases of retinal vasculitis in ocular tuberculosis involving different parts of the vascular system
author_facet Kok, Howe Sen
Tara Mary George,
Mae-Lynn Catherine Bastion,
Muhaya Hj Mohamad,
author_sort Kok, Howe Sen
title Two cases of retinal vasculitis in ocular tuberculosis involving different parts of the vascular system
title_short Two cases of retinal vasculitis in ocular tuberculosis involving different parts of the vascular system
title_full Two cases of retinal vasculitis in ocular tuberculosis involving different parts of the vascular system
title_fullStr Two cases of retinal vasculitis in ocular tuberculosis involving different parts of the vascular system
title_full_unstemmed Two cases of retinal vasculitis in ocular tuberculosis involving different parts of the vascular system
title_sort two cases of retinal vasculitis in ocular tuberculosis involving different parts of the vascular system
publisher Penerbit UKM
publishDate 2006
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1896/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1896/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1896/1/15._91-93_%28MH_009%29.pdf
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