TB Research

MULTIMODAL IMAGING OF AN INTRARETINAL TUBERCULAR GRANULOMATOUS NEURORETINITIS

Lance J. Lyons, Malkit Singh, Petros Carvounis, Jaafar El-Annan

Retinal Cases & Brief Reports · 2020-02

Abstract

PURPOSE: To report a rare case of an intraretinal tuberculoma and associated neuroretinitis. METHODS: The patient was evaluated with various imaging modalities including fundus photography, fluorescein angiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and optical coherence tomography; her extensive laboratory workup returned positive for tuberculosis. RESULTS: After initially presenting with no light perception, 13 weeks of antitubercular therapy allowed for visual acuity recovery to 20/30. CONCLUSION: We demonstrate the spectral domain optical coherence tomography characteristics of an intraretinal tuberculoma.

MeSH terms

  • Medicine
  • Optical coherence tomography
  • Tuberculoma
  • Fundus photography
  • Fluorescein angiography
  • Tuberculosis
  • Visual acuity
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Radiology
  • Ophthalmology