Bouchout's Tuberculoma

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Tuberculosis is a chronic infection that is still endemic in Morocco.Eye involvement, however, is quite rare.We report the discovery of Bouchut's tuberculoma in a 52-year-old immunocompetent patient following a progressive decline in visual acuity in both eyes. 

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Khamaily, M., Akioud, W., Salem, J. B., Dahi, S., Abdellaoui, T., Mouzari, Y., Reda, K., & Oubaaz, A. (2020). Bouchout’s Tuberculoma. European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2(5). https://doi.org/10.24018/ejmed.2020.2.5.485

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