title: Tuberculous granuloma managed by full thickness eye wall resection.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the use of eye wall resection in the management of tuberculous granuloma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a 26-year-old man with biopsy-proven tuberculous granuloma of the left eye, total eye wall resection and donor scleral grafting was performed for management of tuberculous granuloma involving the sclera, part of the cornea, the iris, the chamber angle, and the ciliary body. Adjuvant therapy included oral antitubercular medication.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The treatment of the infection was successful. The scleral graft healed well, and the crystalline lens was preserved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Total eye wall resection, a technique described in the management of uveal tumors, can be adopted to manage selected cases of tuberculous granuloma of the eye.
authors.affiliation: Vision and Medical Research Foundations, Chennai, India. drlg@sankaranethalaya.org
authors.forename: Lingam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gopal
authors.forename: Srinivas K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Jyotirmay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: Hajib N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Madhavan
authors.forename: Swati
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agarwal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D006099:Granuloma / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012590:Sclera / Q000637:transplantation*; D015422:Scleral Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014392:Tuberculosis, Ocular / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents