• Title of article

    Tubercular endophthalmiti imulating retinoblatoma

  • Author/Authors

    Uha K. Raina، نويسنده , , Deven Tuli، نويسنده , , Ritu Arora، نويسنده , , Dineh K. Mehta، نويسنده , , Mukeh Taneja، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2000
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    843
  • To page
    845
  • Abstract
    PURPOE: To report a cae of tubercular endophthalmiti imulating retinoblatoma. METHOD: Cae report. An 8-year-old female preented with a hitory of complete lo of viion and a white pupillary reflex in the left eye of 3 month’ duration. REULT: Retinoblatoma could not be excluded on the bai of clinical examination and relevant invetigational tudie. In the left eye, a computed tomography (CT) can demontrated a large vitreou ma with foci of calcification. Enucleation in the left eye wa performed, and hitopathological examination revealed a chronic granulomatou endophthalmiti and acid-fat bacilli conitent with tubercular pathology. CONCLUION: Thi cae illutrate that tubercular endophthalmiti with leukocoria and a vitreou ma containing focal calcification may imulate retinoblatoma.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2000
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    623082