| Literature DB >> 21670909 |
Antonio Augusto Velasco e Cruz1, Fernando Chahud, Rodrigo Feldman, Patricia Mitiko Santello Akaishi.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21670909 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492011000100012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arq Bras Oftalmol ISSN: 0004-2749 Impact factor: 0.872