TY - JOUR
T1 - Multimodal Imaging in Ocular Tuberculosis
AU - Agarwal, Aniruddha
AU - Mahajan, Sarakshi
AU - Khairallah, Moncef
AU - Mahendradas, Padmamalini
AU - Gupta, Amod
AU - Gupta, Vishali
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - Intraocular tuberculosis presents a diagnostic challenge because of its protean clinical manifestations. Thus, it becomes imperative to distinguish chorioretinal inflammation due to tuberculosis from other infectious as well as non-infectious posterior uveitis since the clinical manifestations of these entities may be quite similar. With advancing technology, a number of novel imaging modalities are available today that enable in vivo near-histologic assessment of the chorioretinal tissue, greatly aiding the clinician in establishing a diagnosis and monitoring the therapeutic response of tubercular lesions. Techniques such as ultra-wide field fundus photography, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography, optical coherence tomography and most recently, optical coherence tomography angiography, provide valuable information that helps in advancing our knowledge regarding the pathogenesis and natural history of the disease. The index review describes how these techniques supplement each other, and highlights the relevance of multimodal imaging in the management of intraocular tuberculosis.
AB - Intraocular tuberculosis presents a diagnostic challenge because of its protean clinical manifestations. Thus, it becomes imperative to distinguish chorioretinal inflammation due to tuberculosis from other infectious as well as non-infectious posterior uveitis since the clinical manifestations of these entities may be quite similar. With advancing technology, a number of novel imaging modalities are available today that enable in vivo near-histologic assessment of the chorioretinal tissue, greatly aiding the clinician in establishing a diagnosis and monitoring the therapeutic response of tubercular lesions. Techniques such as ultra-wide field fundus photography, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography, optical coherence tomography and most recently, optical coherence tomography angiography, provide valuable information that helps in advancing our knowledge regarding the pathogenesis and natural history of the disease. The index review describes how these techniques supplement each other, and highlights the relevance of multimodal imaging in the management of intraocular tuberculosis.
KW - Fundus autofluorescence
KW - fundus fluorescein angiography
KW - indocyanine green angiography
KW - multifocal serpiginoid choroiditis
KW - optical coherence tomography
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U2 - 10.1080/09273948.2016.1231332
DO - 10.1080/09273948.2016.1231332
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27726520
AN - SCOPUS:84991034724
SN - 0927-3948
VL - 25
SP - 134
EP - 145
JO - Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
JF - Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
IS - 1
ER -