Ocular manifestations of systemic tuberculosis: Report of 3 cases.

Song, Joon Suck; Lee, Tai Won

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1996;37(9):1561-1569.
Published online September 1, 1996.

Ocular manifestations of systemic tuberculosis: Report of 3 cases.

Joon Suck Song, Tai Won Lee

Department of Ophthalmology, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

전신결핵과 동반된 안구결핵 3례

송준석(Joon Suck Song),이태원(Tai Won Lee)

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by mycobacteria species, which can affect any organ of the body including the eye. Primary ocular tuberculosis is very rare condition and likely to be caused by introduction of bacilli through epithelial injury. Post primary infections (or secondary infection) due to direct hematogenous spread or contiguous spread from an adjacent structure are more common presentations of ocular tuberculosis. The authors experienced 3 cases of ocular tuberculosis associated with systemic infection. One case was a scleral involvement of miliary tuberculosis and the others were choroidal tuberculoma from systemic tuberculosis.

Key Words: Tuberculosis;Mycobacterium;Choroidal tuberculoma;Ocular infection