• Title of article

    olitary nonreactive choroidal tuberculoma in a patient with acquired immune deficiency yndrome

  • Author/Authors

    David A DiLoreto Jr.، نويسنده , , Naring A. Rao، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2001
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    138
  • To page
    140
  • Abstract
    PURPOE: To report a cae of a olitary, nonreactive choroidal tuberculoma in a patient with acquired immune deficiency yndrome (AID). METHOD: Cae Report. REULT: A 26-year-old male patient with AID and ytemic tuberculoi wa found to have a olitary 1.5-dic-diameter elevated ma jut uperior and temporal to the optic dic. There wa no aociated inflammation, exudate, hemorrhage, or erou retinal detachment. Fluorecein angiography howed late hyperfluorecence in a taining pattern. The ma quickly regreed with antituberculoi therapy. CONCLUION: Choroidal tuberculoma can preent with little aociated inflammation or retinal change in a patient with AID. The clinical hitory and knowledge of opportunitic choroidal infection in patient with AID help to make the diagnoi.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2001
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    623120