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Rare presentation of definitive ocular tuberculosis in an immunocompetent young patient
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Rare presentation of definitive ocular tuberculosis in an immunocompetent young patient

Hamad Al-Fraikh and Saad Al-Dahmash
Saudi journal of ophthalmology, Vol.24(1), pp.31-33
01/01/2010
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjopt.2009.12.006
PMCID: PMC3729355
PMID: 23960871

Abstract

Case Report Definitive diagnosis Immunocompetent Ocular TB Rare presentation
Ocular tuberculosis is not uncommon ocular presentation in our community nowadays. Rare presentations described mainly in the immunocompromised patients. The diagnosis of ocular TB is presumed in the vast majority of the cases of the intraocular TB. We are presenting a very rare presentation of definitive intraocular TB in a healthy 24-year-old male.
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