[Primary palpebral tuberculosis].
BACKGROUND
Isolated-eyelid tuberculosis is exceptional. Its clinical polymorphism explains the delayed diagnosis.


METHODS
A 36-year-old male nurse, with no specific history, presented with a lower-eyelid nodule. The treatment was not effective and the lesion-exeresis biopsy proved the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Follow-up did not reveal any other tuberculosis focus and the patient's evolution was good under antibacilli treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
Eyelid tuberculosis is exceptional. Unlike in our case, it is usually secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis. The eyelid contamination may be hematogenic or secondary to trauma.
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Service de Stomatologie et de Chirurgie Maxillofaciale, Hôpital 20-Août, 5, Rue Lahcen Laarjoun, Casablanca, Morocco. ganouneahm@yahoo.fr
Naji
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Eladioui
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Benjelloun
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D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents