Orbital tuberculosis diagnosed by immunohistochemistry: case reports

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Bráulio F.t. Oliveira²  Fernanda C. Takay²  Tatiana M. Shida²  Ruth M. Santo²  Abelardo C. Souza Jr.¹  Suzana Matayoshi² 

[1] ,Hospital das Clínicas de São Paulo Department of Ophthalmology São Paulo SP ,Brazil

关键词: Tuberculosis;    Orbit;    Diagnosis;    Immunochemistry;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652004000500012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

PURPOSE: To describe three cases of orbital tuberculosis, with their clinical characteristics and respective diagnostic procedures, showing the importance of histopathology for the correct diagnosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Three patients diagnosed and treated for orbital tuberculosis, in the "Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo" during the years of 1999 and 2001. RESULTS: All of the patients were female and referred a chronic evolution of swelling of one eyelid associated or not with other symptoms. They had not HIV infection. Two of them had positive epidemiology for tuberculosis. However, the search for systemic evidence of the disease and staining for bacilli (Ziehl-Neelsen method) were negative in all three patients. In all the cases, only the biopsy with immunohistochemical analysis could confirm the diagnosis. COMMENTS: Orbital involvement is a rare ocular manifestation of tuberculosis. Even in a tertiary hospital, few cases, if any, are diagnosed per year. However, the global incidence and prevalence of M. tuberculosis infections is not under control yet, and it has been a serious public health problem. Thus, one must be aware of the possibility of tuberculosis among the orbital diseases.

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