Ocular tuberculoma mimicking intraocular lymphoma.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a case of ocular tuberculoma mimicking primary intraocular lymphoma.


RESULTS
A 66-year-old male presented with an exudative retinal detachment, a whitish lesion, and +2 vitreous cells. A PCR that was performed twice was positive for intraocular lymphoma; a PPD was also strongly positive and the patient received anti-TB drugs as a first-line treatment, with complete resolution of all his ocular symptoms.


CONCLUSIONS
PCR is a marker only of clonality and not of malignancy, and therefore molecular data should be interpreted within the context of clinical presentation, especially in areas where TB is endemic.
1st Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotole University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. androudi@otenet.gr
Sofia
S
Androudi
Catherine G
CG
Brozou
Yan
Y
Guex-Crosier
Periklis
P
Brazitikos
D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014373:Tuberculin; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D014373:Tuberculin