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  • Title: [Tuberculous peripheral multifocal choroiditis].
    Author: Pérez Alvarez MJ, González Guijarro J, Santos Gil I.
    Journal: Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol; 2003 Mar; 78(3):169-72. PubMed ID: 12677495.
    Abstract:
    CASE REPORT: A healthy 57 year-old woman with past untreated pulmonary tuberculosis, disclosed a bilateral uveitic syndrome characte rized by iritis, vitreitis, multiple peripheral retinal punched-out lesions, and cystoid macular edema. Systemic evaluation was unremarkable except for a 30 mm tuberculin skin test. Relapses occurred after oral and periocular corticosteroids were interrupted, but the inflammation completely disappeared after a 6 month course of isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide. DISCUSSION: Intraocular tuberculosis should be considered as a treatable cause of peripheral multifocal choroiditis, after ruling out other etiologies.
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