Tuberculous uveitis

Tuberculous uveitis is a common ocular lesion of tuberculosis and was one of the main types of uveitis before the 1960s. Tuberculosis can cause lesions in multiple systems and organs. The most common pathological changes of TB infection in the eye are uveitis, which can also cause lesions of the eyelid, conjunctiva, cornea, sclera and superficial sclera, orbit, optic nerve.

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