A Case of Intraocular Tuberculosis Presenting With Neuroretinitis and Serpiginous Choroiditis
Yong Min Lee, Bobak Bahrami, Weng Onn Chan
Annals of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases · 2023-04
Abstract
A 38-year-old unvaccinated man from India presented with reduced unilateral visual acuity and posterior fundus examination results that were consistent with neuroretinitis with macular serpiginous choroidopathy. The clinical diagnosis of tubercular choroidopathy was made, and he was successfully treated with 6 months of antituberculosis therapy. Ocular tuberculosis diagnosis can be challenging, with conventional testing such as interferon-γ release assay or acid-fast bacilli stain having low diagnostic effect, and is often guided by clinical assessment, fundus examination findings, and response to therapy.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Choroiditis
- Fundus (uterus)
- Chorioretinitis
- Tuberculosis
- Ophthalmology
- Visual acuity
- Posterior segment of eyeball
- Dermatology