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
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1896/
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author Kok, Howe Sen
Tara Mary George,
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Muhaya Hj Mohamad,
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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
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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
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
title 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_short 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
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1896/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1896/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1896/1/15._91-93_%28MH_009%29.pdf