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Tubercular Retinitis and Retinal Vasculitis

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Tuberculosis (TB) has traditionally been considered a disease of the uveal layers, especially the choroid. However, retinal involvement, typically retinal vasculitis, affects a large subgroup of patients presenting with ocular TB. Though recognized more than a century ago (Axenfeld and Stock, Uber die Bedeutung der Tubrtculose in der Aetiologie der intraocular Hamorrhagien und der proliferiendenveranderungen in der Netzhaut, besondersuberPeriphlebitisretinalisdeiTuberkulosen. KlinMonatsblAugenh 49:23, 1911 (cited in: Fountain JA, Werner RB Tuberculous retinal vasculitis. Retina;4:48–50, 1984), it remains poorly defined and therefore poses a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. In this chapter, we will present historical and recent data to outline the clinical features, diagnostic criteria, and management options in TB retinitis and retinal vasculitis.

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Acknowledgments

Krushna Gopal Panda, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar for his fundus imaging.

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Soumyava Basu and Taraprasad Das declare that they have no conflict of interest. No human or animal studies were carried out by the authors for this chapter.

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Basu, S., Das, T. (2017). Tubercular Retinitis and Retinal Vasculitis. In: Kumar, A., Chawla, R., Sharma, N. (eds) Ocular Tuberculosis. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57520-9_9

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