Intraocular tuberculosis – case report

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. If the affected organ is the eye, the clinical picture is pleomorphic, but it is most often presented with endophthalmitis, iridocyclitis, chorioretinitis, and periphlebitis of the retina.

Keywords

• eye evisceration
• ocular tuberculosis
• uveitis