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.
Androudi
Sofia
S
1st Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotole University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. androudi@otenet.gr
Brozou
Catherine G
CG
Guex-Crosier
Yan
Y
Brazitikos
Periklis
P
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