TY - JOUR
T1 - Multifocal Choroiditis, Nodular Episcleritis and Myelitis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Disseminated Tuberculosis
T2 - A Case Report
AU - Orozco-Hernandez, Juan Pablo
AU - Camargo-Casas, Sandy
AU - Ariza-Varon, Michael
AU - Arias-Botero, Juan Camilo
AU - Quintero-Cusguen, Patricia
AU - Rodriguez-Valenzuela, Juan Felipe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - We describe a 19-year-old indigenous male with no relevant medical history who presented with chronic symptoms of headache, fever, weight loss, blurred vision, and conjunctival mass who was diagnosed with disseminated tuberculosis (TB). Extensive ocular involvement, including multifocal choroiditis and nodular episcleritis, in addition to brain, spinal cord, lung, and gastrointestinal tract involvement were identified. Ocular tuberculosis (OTB) is a rare presentation of extrapulmonary manifestations, with choroiditis being the most common. Nodular episcleritis has been rarely reported in some cases in the literature. This case highlights the importance of suspecting tuberculosis in immunocompetent patients, from endemic countries, with a history of contact with a confirmed case of TB, with associated pulmonary involvement or prolonged episcleritis.
AB - We describe a 19-year-old indigenous male with no relevant medical history who presented with chronic symptoms of headache, fever, weight loss, blurred vision, and conjunctival mass who was diagnosed with disseminated tuberculosis (TB). Extensive ocular involvement, including multifocal choroiditis and nodular episcleritis, in addition to brain, spinal cord, lung, and gastrointestinal tract involvement were identified. Ocular tuberculosis (OTB) is a rare presentation of extrapulmonary manifestations, with choroiditis being the most common. Nodular episcleritis has been rarely reported in some cases in the literature. This case highlights the importance of suspecting tuberculosis in immunocompetent patients, from endemic countries, with a history of contact with a confirmed case of TB, with associated pulmonary involvement or prolonged episcleritis.
KW - Colombia
KW - episcleritis
KW - multifocal choroiditis
KW - myelitis
KW - Ocular tuberculosis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85205387803&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01658107.2024.2408430
DO - 10.1080/01658107.2024.2408430
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85205387803
SN - 0165-8107
JO - Neuro-Ophthalmology
JF - Neuro-Ophthalmology
ER -