TY  - JOUR
TT  - A Rare Form of Tuberculosis: Scleral Tuberculosis
AU  - Özdemir, Tarkan
AU  - Gündüz, Özlenen Ömür
AU  - Emre, Mehmet İhsan
AU  - Heper Okçu, Aylin
AU  - Türkkanı, Mustafa Hamidullah
AU  - Aydın, Leyla Yılmaz
PY  - 2016
DA  - March
DO  - 10.17098/amj.89974
JF  - Ankara Medical Journal
JO  - Ankara Med J
PB  - Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2148-4570
SP  - 0
EP  - 0
VL  - 16
IS  - 1
KW  - Tüberküloz
KW  - sklerit
KW  - tedavi
N2  - Tuberculosis of the eye is the most common results from hematogen spread. Tuberculosis is a rare causes of scleritis and episcleritis. 38 years old female nurse was diagnosed with tuberculosis scleritis is a rare form tuberculosis. Tuberculosis patients with eye involvement varies between 1.39 % and 2.8%. In the presence of inflammatory eye disease ocular involvement of the tubercluosis should be considered by ophthalmologist because it can lead to permanent vision problems and to serious consequences if It is not considered in the differential diagnosis.
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.89974
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/260323
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