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Current Approachesin Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Tuberculosis: A Case Series and Literature Review

Oküler Tüberkülozun Tanı ve Tedavisinde Güncel Yaklaşımlar: Olgu Serisi ve Literatürün Gözden Geçirilmesi

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In 8 patients in whom the ATT was finalized, uveitis did not recur following the treatment.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The diagnosis of ocular tuberculosis is still challenging due to lack of consensus in diagnostic criteria and clinical characteristics mimicking a number of ocular inflammatory diseases.
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Key Findings & Data:In this study, clinical characteristics and treatment results of 10 cases diagnosed as ocular tuberculosis between 2010 and 2015 are summarized and 3 of them are described in details.
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Conclusion & Impact:In 8 patients in whom the ATT was finalized, uveitis did not recur following the treatment.
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Abstract

The diagnosis of ocular tuberculosis is still challenging due to lack of consensus in diagnostic criteria and clinical characteristics mimicking a number of ocular inflammatory diseases. Moreover, there is no standard treatment regimen or length of therapy for ocular tuberculosis. In this study, clinical characteristics and treatment results of 10 cases diagnosed as ocular tuberculosis between 2010 and 2015 are summarized and 3 of them are described in details. Seven patients were diagnosed as presumed ocular tuberculosis with the presence of ocular findings suggesting tubercular uveitis, exclusion of other uveitic entities and positive interferon-? release assay and/or tuberculin skin test. Two patients were associated with pulmonary disease and one with lymphadenitis. The mean age at presentation was 31.6 and 70% of patients were male. Granulomatous uveitis was observed in 60%. Multifocal choroiditis and retinal vasculitis were the most commonly observed ocular findings (4 patients each). All but one patient were treated with conventional quadruple anti-tubercular therapy (ATT) for the first 2 months followed by 2 drugs for 7-12 months. Paradoxical worsening (Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction) which could be controlled with systemic or periocular corticosteroids was observed in 2 patients (20%). In 8 patients in whom the ATT was finalized, uveitis did not recur following the treatment.

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Belirlenmiş ortak tanı kriterlerinin bulunmaması ve klinik bulguların birçok oküler inflamatuar hastalığı taklit edebilmesi nedeniyle oküler tüberküloz halen tanısında birçok zorlukla karşılaştığımız bir konudur. Ayrıca, standart tedavi şemaları ve tedavi süresi de yoktur. Bu çalışmada, 2010-2015 yılları arasında oküler tüberküloz tanısı alan 10 olguya ait klinik özellikler ve tedavi sonuçları özetlenmiş, 3 olgu detaylı olarak anlatılmıştır. Olguların 7'si, tüberküloz üveitini düşündüren klinik bulguların varlığı, olası diğer üveit nedenlerinin ekarte edilmesi ve interferon-? salınım testi ve/veya tüberkülin deri testi pozitifliği ile olası oküler tüberküloz tanısı aldılar. İki hastada göz bulgularının yanı sıra pulmoner hastalık, bir hastada ise lenfadenit saptandı. Başvuru anındaki ortalama yaş 31.6 ve hastaların %70'i erkekti. Granülomatöz üveit olguların %60'ında gözlendi. Multifokal koroidit ve retinal vaskülit en sık görülen göz bulgularıydı (her biri 4 hastada). Biri hariç tüm hastalar ilk 2 ay dörtlü, takip eden 7-12 ay boyunca ikili anti-tüberküloz tedavi (anti-TB) ile tedavi edildiler. Anti-TB tedavi sürecinde, 2 hastada (%20) paradoksal kötüleşme (Jarisch-Herxheimer reaksiyonu) izlendi, ancak bu tablo sistemik veya perioküler steroidlerle kontrol altına alınabildi. Diğer hastalarda anti-TB tedavi süresince üveit tekrarlamadı. Tedavisini tamamlayan 8 hastada tedavi sonrasında nüks izlenmedi. Bu yazıda aynı zamanda oküler tüberkülozun güncel sınıflama, tanı kriterleri ve tedavi yaklaşımlarının tartışılması amaçlanmış ve bu konudaki literatür gözden geçirilmiştir.

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ÇAKAR, P. Ö., TEKİN, K., ÖZATEŞ, S. (2016). Current Approachesin Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Tuberculosis: A Case Series and Literature Review. Retina-Vitreus, Cilt: 24 - Sayı: 2, 99–108. https://ajindex.com/articles/304969

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