title: Unilateral papillitis, the tip of the iceberg of bilateral ICGA-detected tuberculous choroiditis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the case of a patient who presented with unilateral papillitis that turned out to be the visible feature of bilateral tubercular choroiditis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective review of chart and clinical history of the patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report of a 54-year-old Hispanic woman with visual complaints and papillitis in the left eye.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A complete and extended workup was negative and only indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) combined with a positive interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) pointed toward a diagnosis of bilateral tubercular choroiditis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Without the help of ICGA the diagnosis of tuberculous choroiditis would have been missed.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Ophthalmic Specialised Care (COS), Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Papadia
authors.forename: Carl P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Herbort
mesh_terms: D002833:Choroiditis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004396:Coloring Agents; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010211:Papilledema / Q000382:microbiology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014392:Tuberculosis, Ocular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D007208:Indocyanine Green