Title of article :
Tuberculou granuloma managed by full thickne eye wall reection
Author/Authors :
Lingam Gopal، نويسنده , , riniva K. Rao، نويسنده , , Jyotirmay Biwa، نويسنده , , Hajib N. Madhavan، نويسنده , , wati Agarwal، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Abstract :
Purpoe
To report the ue of eye wall reection in the management of tuberculou granuloma.
Deign
Interventional cae report.
Method
In a 26-year-old man with biopy-proven tuberculou granuloma of the left eye, total eye wall reection and donor cleral grafting wa performed for management of tuberculou granuloma involving the clera, part of the cornea, the iri, the chamber angle, and the ciliary body. Adjuvant therapy included oral antitubercular medication.
Reult
The treatment of the infection wa ucceful. The cleral graft healed well, and the crytalline len wa preerved.
Concluion
Total eye wall reection, a technique decribed in the management of uveal tumor, can be adopted to manage elected cae of tuberculou granuloma of the eye.
Journal title :
American Journal of Ophthalmology
Journal title :
American Journal of Ophthalmology