Tuberculous choroidal granuloma in an HIV-positive patient.
We report a case of a 34-year-old HIV-positive patient undergoing treatment for pulmonary and lymph node Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, who developed loss of vision secondary to a tuberculous choroidal granuloma.
Newham University Hospital, London, UK.
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Papineni
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Saunders
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Papageorgiou
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Westcott
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Noble
D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014392:Tuberculosis, Ocular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*