Chronic granulomatous disease presenting as retinal mass
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Chronic granulomatous disease presenting as retinal mass
1-year-old girl was admitted for fever of unknown origin. Funduscopy revealed juxtapapillary retinal inflammatory mass in one eye with a differential diagnosis of sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, retinoblastoma or metastatic disease. Retinal biopsy showed necrotizing granulomatous retinitis. Extensive workup and therapeutic trials failed to confirm the diagnosis of tuberculosis or sarcoidosis. Her 7-...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cases Journal
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1757-1626
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-257