Primary Tuberculosis of the Eye Lid – A Rare Manifestation, Case Report in a Tertiary Care Medical College & Hospital

Abstract

We present a case of cystic lobulated swelling on upper and lower lid margin in a 45 years old woman. No other local or systemic features were associated with it. An incisional biopsy was performed under local anaesthesia. The histopathological examination revealed epithelioid cell granulomas and multiple Langhans type giant cells (Tubercular).