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Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
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: 278-282, 1999.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-75462
ABSTRACT
Conjunctival tuberculosis is a very rare disease, but importance of tuberculosis in Korea is high. We experienced a 49 year-old female patient with a small mass like lesion at inferior fornix with conjunctivitis. We performed excisional biopsy. Biopsy result was conjunctival tuberculosis. So we searched other body tuberculosis focus, but, not found. we emphasize differential diagnosis chronic conjunctivitis and conjunctival tuberculosis. Brief clinical history and clinical findings will be presented with pictures of the pathology findings and some literatures will be reviewd.