Phlyctenular keratoconjunctivitis and lymph node tuberculosis

1999 
: It is presented 28 cases of tuberculous keratoconjunctivitis from which 13 cases appears between 4-13 years at children with primary tuberculosis. All patients have a positive tuberculin skin test, a family or personal history of tuberculosis. Many of them have perihilar or cervical adenopathy and radiological evidence of a healed pulmonary tuberculous lesion. We report a case of tuberculous adenopathy with histopathological examine and tuberculous adenopathy with histopathological examine and tuberculous keratoconjunctivitis. Anti-tuberculous treatment was with isoniazid, pyrazinamide, rifampicin in cases with primary tuberculosis. The rest of patients was treated with topical medicine.
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