Paediatrica Indonesiana
Vol 33 No 7-8 (1993): July - August 1993

Conjunctival Mycobacteriosis

Nastiti N. Rahajoe (Department of Child Health, Universitas Indonesia Medical School/Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta)
Darmawan B. Setyanto (Department of Child Health, Universitas Indonesia Medical School/Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta)
Muhammad Rhum (Department of Pathological Anatomy, Universitas Indonesia Medical School/Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta)
Tetty A. Usman (Department of Ophthalmology, Universitas Indonesia Medical School/Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Jan 2019

Abstract

A 6 1/2- year old Indonesian girl with 30 kg of body weight was consulted to the Department of Child Health, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital - Medical School University of Indonesia , Jakarta, for eye, surgery tolerance. At 3 1/2 years old, she came for the first time with a granulomatous tumor on her left eye. Excision was done, and histopathologic examination revealed granulation tissue corresponding to tuberculosis. The patient was referred to the Department of Child Health for further exploration. Sensitin test was positive for Mycobacterium intracellulare, not for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The tumor reappeared twice and the last histopathologic examination revealed nonspecific granulation tissue.

Copyrights © 1993






Journal Info

Abbrev

paediatrica-indonesiana

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology

Description

Paediatrica Indonesiana is a medical journal devoted to the health, in a broad sense, affecting fetuses, infants, children, and adolescents, belonged to the Indonesian Pediatric Society. Its publications are directed to pediatricians and other medical practitioners or researchers at all levels of ...