Presumed tubercular choroidal nodule following adalimumab therapy for juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar;67(3):399-400. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1149_18.

Authors

Harshit Vaidya¹, Parthopratim Dutta Majumder², Jyotirmay Biswas³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vitreoretina, Medical and Vision Research Foundations, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
² Department of Uvea, Medical and Vision Research Foundations, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
³ Department of Uvea Ocular Pathology, Medical and Vision Research Foundations, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

No abstract available

Keywords: Adalimumab; anti-tuberculosis treatment; choroidal nodule; ocular tuberculosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adalimumab / adverse effects*
Adalimumab / therapeutic use
Adolescent
Antirheumatic Agents / adverse effects
Antirheumatic Agents / therapeutic use
Arthritis, Juvenile / drug therapy*
Choroid / microbiology
Choroid / pathology*
Choroid Diseases / diagnosis
Choroid Diseases / etiology*
Choroid Diseases / microbiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Eye Infections, Bacterial / diagnosis
Eye Infections, Bacterial / etiology*
Fluorescein Angiography
Fundus Oculi
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Tuberculosis, Ocular / diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Ocular / etiology*
Tuberculosis, Ocular / microbiology

Substances

Antirheumatic Agents
Adalimumab