Intra-ocular tuberculosis associated with a penetrating injury. A case report.
A case of histologically proven intra-ocular tuberculosis is described. The condition was preceded by penetrating trauma, and no evidence of systemic tuberculosis other than a positive Mantoux test was found. Numerous acid-fast bacilli were seen in pathological sections of the eye. We suspect that a tuberculosis bacillaemia from an undetected healed focus coincided with the trauma and thereby produced intra-ocular tuberculosis.
D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014392:Tuberculosis, Ocular / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*