Primary Bilateral Tubercular Dacryocystitis: A Case Report

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2020-12-17

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Vol. 8 No. 02 (2020): UP JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

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Challenges in Management

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Authors

  • Pankhuri Mittal
  • Abhishek Chandra
  • Kshitij Aditya

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a communicable disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It spreads mainly via air droplet infection and pulmonary tuberculosis is the most common form. Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis account for 15-20% cases.1 The most common type of ocular tuberculosis is tubercular uveitis. Tubercular dacryocystitis is rare2 with just 18 cases of tubercular dacrocystitis reported world-wide; and no published data was found on bilateral cases. Considering the rarity a case of primary bilateral naso lacrimal sac tuberculosis in a 17 Year-old boy who presented with epiphora.

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Pankhuri Mittal, Abhishek Chandra, Aditya K. Primary Bilateral Tubercular Dacryocystitis: A Case Report. UPJO [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 17 [cited 2024 Oct. 16];8(02):45-6. Available from: https://upjo.org/index.php/upjo/article/view/430

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