1. Visual Morbidity and Ocular Complications in Presumed Intraocular Tuberculosis: An Analysis of 354 Cases from a Non-Endemic Population.
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Gunasekeran, Dinesh Visva, Gupta, Bhaskar, Cardoso, Joao, Pavesio, Carlos E., and Agrawal, Rupesh
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TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis , *VISUAL acuity , *EYE diseases , *OPHTHALMOLOGY , *CYSTOIDEA , *TUBERCULOSIS complications , *TUBERCULOSIS epidemiology , *DISEASES , *GLAUCOMA , *LONGITUDINAL method , *LOW vision , *RETINAL degeneration , *TIME , *OPTICAL coherence tomography , *RETROSPECTIVE studies , *DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
Purpose: To describe the visual morbidity associated with intraocular tuberculosis (TB) and to report ocular complications of intraocular TB.Methods: Retrospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with intraocular TB at a tertiary referral eye care hospital in central London. Data on baseline and final best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) along with ocular complications were collected and analyzed.Results: In total, 354 patients with intraocular TB were included in this study. Mean age was 48.45 years (range 19-94) and follow-up was 22.56 ± 7.44 (range 6-30) months post cessation of therapy. Blindness as defined by the World Health Organization was reported in 11 (3.11%) patients at baseline and 13 (3.67%) patients at follow-up. The most common ocular complications were cystoid macular edema (n = 107, 30.5%) and glaucoma (n = 99, 28.12%).Conclusion: Intraocular TB can be associated with significant ocular morbidity. Early recognition, treatment, and regular follow-up of this complex disease may help to reduce visual morbidity and ocular complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2018
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