Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 78-89 , January 2004

Ocular tuberculosis masquerading as ocular tumors

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☆ Support provided by the Paul Kayser International Award of Merit in Retina Research, Houston, TX (J. Shields), Macula Foundation, New York, NY (C. Shields), the Noel T. and Sara L. Simmonds Endowment for Ophthalmic Pathology, Wills Eye Hospital (R. Eagle, Jr) and the Eye Tumor Research Foundation, Philadelphia, PA (C. Shields). The patients were referred to the authors by Brian C. Leonard, MD, John Lehr, MD, Richard Klein, MD, James Bastek, MD, Jay Biswas, MD. The authors reported no proprietary or commercial interest in any product mentioned or concept discussed in this article.

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doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2003.10.009

Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 78-89 , January 2004

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