Abstract

PRIMARY CONJUNCTIVAL TUBERCULOSIS - A RARE CASE REPORT

Author(s):Kulkarni Dinesh R, Sulegaon Ritesh V, Chulki Shashidhar F

Tuberculosis is an endemic disease in India. Primary conjunctival tuberculosis is an uncommon condition and with better treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis it is now becoming extremely rare. Primary conjunctival Tuberculosis can present as unilateral conjunctivitis, hence laterality, chronicity and non-resolution of symptoms on treatment are indications for biopsy. In our patient conjunctival Tuberculosis was diagnosed on histopathology, which resulted in early implementation of antikochs’ treatment and complete resolution of the disease condition.

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