title: Latent tuberculosis-related scleritis: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Scleritis is a painful inflammatory process centered in the sclera that may involve the cornea and the underlying uvea. The etiology is commonly idiopathic or autoimmune but some cases are associated with systemic infection such as tuberculosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this report, we describe an unusual case of a female Moroccan patient who had a long history of bilateral recurrent scleritis associated with peripheral keratopathy and anterior uveitis. The patient was diagnosed with latent tuberculosis and responded to antitubercular therapy administrated after exclusion of other aetiologies. This patient was finally diagnosed with latent tuberculosis- related scleritis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although systemic tuberculosis is reported as a possible cause of scleritis and other ocular inflammatory manifestations, assessment of the diagnosis of tuberculosis-related ocular inflammation is challenging especially in latent forms. The treatment is largely presumptive. However, a favorable response to antitubercular therapy without relapse is taken as evidence of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Ophtalmology Unit, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Houssaine Ait
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Lhaj
authors.affiliation: Pulmonology Unit, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco. abenji70@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Amine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benjelloun
authors.affiliation: Ophtalmology Unit, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bouia
authors.affiliation: Ophtalmology Unit, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bennouk
authors.affiliation: Ophtalmology Unit, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Yassine
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mouzari
authors.affiliation: Biology Unit, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Youssef El
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Kamouni
authors.affiliation: Ophtalmology Unit, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kriet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055985:Latent Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications*; D015423:Scleritis / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Antitubercular therapy; Latent tuberculosis; Scleritis