1. Posterior scleral tuberculoma: case report
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Cruz,Antonio Augusto Velasco e, Chahud,Fernando, Feldman,Rodrigo, and Akaishi,Patricia Mitiko Santello
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Case reports ,genetic structures ,Tuberculosis, ocular/immunology ,Sclera/pathology ,Immunosupressive agents ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,eye diseases ,Female ,sense organs ,Tuberculoma ,Melanoma ,Tuberculosis, ocular/diagnosis ,Human ,Aged - Abstract
Posterior scleral tuberculoma formation is an extremely rare condition. The few reports on scleral involvement in tuberculosis refer to cases of anterior scleritis. In the present manuscript we describe a patient who had rheumatoid arthritis and developed a large posterior scleral tuberculoma. The lesion provoked retinal detachment and visual loss and was diagnosed only after enucleation due to a misdiagnosis of choroidal melanoma.
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- 2011