Eye affection in tuberculous patients

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis is a major health problem in Iraq, one of the measures taken to reduce it was the mass radiography survey, in 1956 examination of selected groups of the population reported that 2.8% had pathological shadows [AI-Mufti, 1977]. Tuberculous victims are usually secondary to primary tuberculosis focus in the body, but unveal tuberculosis is still rare in active pulmonary tuberculosus [Vaughan and Asbury, 1977]. Therefore to assess the degree of eye involvement in the tuberculous process this study was conducted on 150 patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis receiving antituberculosiu therapy