PEDIATRICS Vol. 67 No. 6 June 1981, pp. 874-875
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Tuberculosis Presenting as an Orbital Mass

Philip H. Sheridan MD1, Joel B. Edman MD1, and Stuart E. Starr MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia

A 15-year-old male adolescent underwent surgical exploration for a mass lesion of the left orbit. Orbital and pulmonary tuberculosis were postoperatively diagnosed on the basis of radiologic and histopathologic findings, a positive tuberculin skin test reaction, and positive cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This case emphasizes the point that tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of orbital masses.

Submitted on September 2, 1980
Accepted on October 29, 1980




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