"... Rosen et al. in 1990, reported 12 patients with intraocular tuberculosis, 9 of whom presented with retinal vasculitis, 2 with choroidal tubercles, and 1 with chronic anterior uveitis ... In a prospective study from Spain, Bouza et al. examined 100 randomly selected patients from a population of 300 patients with proven systemic tuberculosis ... Ocular involvement was diagnosed in 18 patients (18%). Choroidal involvement was present in all but one of these, and retinal involvement was found in 6 patients."
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