Tuberculous scleritis in a young Asian Indian girl —a case presentation and literature review

We report a case of a 9-year-old female child who presented with bilateral non-necrotizing anterior scleritis with unilateral posterior scleritis secondary to TB. To our knowledge, this is a rare presentation in pediatric age group, and she is the youngest of few cases of tuberculous posterior scleritis reported in literature.

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Source: Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection - December 22, 2019 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: research