Tubercular Nodular Episcleritis: A Case Report
Published: August 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.6335
Sankalp Yadav, Gautam Rawal
1. General Duty Medical Officer-II, Chest Clinic Moti Nagar, New Delhi, India.
2. Attending Consultant-Critical Care, Rockland Hospital, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Sankalp Yadav,
Chest Clinic Moti Nagar, New Delhi-110015, India.
E-mail: drsankalpyadav@gmail.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the acid-fast bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is an important cause of death worldwide. Tuberculosis most commonly affects the lungs, but has many extrapulmonary manifestations as well, including intraocular involvement. Tubercular nodular episcleritis is a very rare presentation and no such case in an adult male has been reported in the literature. Herein, we present the very first case of tubercular nodular episcleritis in a 30-year-old Indian male.
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