Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2018
Pattern of uveitis in patients with various types of systemic tuberculosis
Prof. Radha Annamalai, Dr. Nitin Ramanujam, Prof. Dr. M. Muthayya
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Introduction: Tubercular uveitis is a frequent cause of visual morbidity. Ocular inflammation can have rapid disseminationand result in anterior, intermediate, posterior or panuveitis.
Materials and methods: This is a prospective study on 125 patients over three years. Patients with tuberculosiswere evaluated for uveitis at a Uveitis clinic at Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai. Angiography, complete blood count, X–ray, polymerase chain reaction and biopsywereperformed on blood, aqueous and vitreous. Treatment was with ATT.
Results: Among 125 patients, Uveitis was present in 12%and posterior type was the most common with p< 0.05. Manifestation was earliest in miliary and pulmonary tuberculosis. Active disease had more severe uveitis than latent TB.Response to ATT was seen in 93%.
Conclusion – Uveitis due to TB can occur in pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB. Ophthalmic evaluation of both latentand active TB can prevent visual loss.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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Prof. Radha Annamalai, Dr. Nitin Ramanujam, Prof. Dr. M. Muthayya, Pattern of uveitis in patients with various types of systemic tuberculosis, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-6 | June-2018
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Prof. Radha Annamalai, Dr. Nitin Ramanujam, Prof. Dr. M. Muthayya, Pattern of uveitis in patients with various types of systemic tuberculosis, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-6 | June-2018
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