Tuberculosis: A Cunning Disease Presenting with Endopericarditis-Associated Bilateral Uveitis

Tuberculosis: A Cunning Disease Presenting with Endopericarditis-Associated Bilateral Uveitis

Yaghoubi, Gholam Hossein;Abedi, Farshid;Ziaee, Masoud;Norouzpour, Amir;
turkish journal of ophthalmology 2019 Vol. 49 pp. 361-363
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Abstract

can spread through the entire body but rarely involves the eye. We report a patient with endophthalmitis in one eye and simultaneous retinal vasculitis in the fellow eye. Systemic work-up suggested infective endopericarditis. Polymerase chain reaction analyses of the vitreous and pericardial fluid were positive for . We initiated a four-drug antituberculous treatment regimen (isoniazid, ethambutol, pyrazinamide, and rifampin). After two weeks, we discontinued all the medications due to drug-induced hepatitis. We restarted isoniazid and rifampin, but hepatitis recurred. Finally, we chose isoniazid/ethambutol combination for 18 months, and also administered short-term systemic corticosteroid. His vision improved considerably with no recurrence of hepatitis or tuberculosis for 3 years after completion of treatment. Ocular tuberculosis can masquerade as other causes of intraocular inflammation, and a medical team consisting of an ophthalmologist and an infectious disease specialist might be needed for the diagnosis and management.

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