Clinicopathological correlation of a solitary choroidal tuberculoma.
In a 34-year-old black man with pulmonary tuberculosis, a rapidly enlarging choroidal tuberculoma progressed to larger size, despite appropriate systemic anti-tuberculous therapy. The eye harboring the tuberculoma became blind and painful, and was subsequently enucleated. Conventional staining of tissue sections revealed a choroidal granuloma without evidence of organisms, but tubercle bacilli were demonstrated by fluorescence microscopy.
D000328:Adult; D002829:Choroid; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology