Multifocal choroiditis: ocular TB or side-effects of anti-TB therapy?

Med J Malaysia

Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000 Kuala Lumpur.

Published: December 2004

A patient with end-stage renal failure secondary to polycystic kidney disease was seen in the Eye Clinic for a corneal abrasion. Incidental fundal examination revealed bilateral multiple, small, raised, pale yellow sub-retinal nodules. Past medical history of inadequately treated pulmonary tuberculosis was obtained. Following initiation of anti-tuberculous therapy, the choroidal lesions resolved.

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