Chronic cicatrising conjunctivitis in a patient with hemifacial cutaneous tuberculosis
- S Pommier1,
- E Chazalon1,
- J-J Morand2,
- F Meyer1
- 1Service d’Ophtalmologie, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Alphonse Laveran, Marseille, France
- 2Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Alphonse Laveran, Marseille, France
- Dr S Pommier, Hôpital d’Instruction des Armées Laveran, Service d’Ophtalmologie, 13998 Marseille Armées, France; stephan.pommier{at}free.fr
- Published Online First 22 January 2008
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
An 83-year-old woman presented in December 2006 with a 2 year history of redness, irritation, ptosis and excessive lacrimation in the left eye treated with topical corticosteroids and antibiotics without improvement. On examination, visual acuity was RE 20/40 and LE 20/100. …







