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Year : 2021 | Volume
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Recurrent tubercular episcleritis
Tariq M Aldebasi1, Abdulelah A Alasiri2, Muhannad A Alnahdi1, 3
1 Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz, University for Health Sciences; Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Muhannad A Alnahdi College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh 11481 Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.326666
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Ocular tuberculosis (TB) is one of the extrapulmonary manifestations of mycobacterium TB. Episcleritis is a rare entity that may affect patients in endemic areas of TB. In this paper, we report a case of presumed recurrent episcleritis attributed to TB. TB should be kept as a possible cause of recurrent simple episcleritis upon encountering patients with endemic backgrounds to prevent the complication sequalae and halt recurrence.
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