ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT IN PRESUMED OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS WITH GRANULOMATOSIS OCULAR PATHOLOGIES: SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE FROM TURKIYE

Cagatay, Tülin; Kilicaslan, Zeki; Pihtili, Aylin; Bingol, Züleyha; Ray, Merih; Kiyan, Esen; Okumus, Nigar; Cagatay, Penbe; Erer, Aysen; Tas, Ayse; Tutkun, Nuriye

doi:10.26650/iuitfd.939415

ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT IN PRESUMED OCULAR TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS WITH GRANULOMATOSIS OCULAR PATHOLOGIES: SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE FROM TURKIYE

Cagatay T., Kilicaslan Z., Pihtili A., Bingol Z., Ray M., Kiyan E., ...More

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, vol.85, no.2, pp.205-210, 2022 (ESCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 85 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2022
Doi Number: 10.26650/iuitfd.939415
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI
Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Page Numbers: pp.205-210
Keywords: Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, granulomatosis ocular pathologies, ocular tuberculosis, UVEITIS, DIAGNOSIS, THERAPY
Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Ocular tuberculosis is still considered to be a controversial issue in terms of both terminology and diagnostic criteria and treatment options. There is no common diagnostic/treatment algorithm even though new approaches exist.In this study, the results of the treatment of "presumed ocular tuberculosis patients" are evaluated.