Abstract
Ocular tuberculosis (OTB) is a rare form of extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) and a rare presenting feature of tuberculosis (TB) in children. We report such a case in a 3-year-old boy who presented with a painless swelling over left upper eyelid. Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli were isolated from the swelling by a Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) which confirmed the diagnosis. Investigating him for the extent of disease, we found him to have intracranial extension to involve the ethmoid sinus on contrast enhance Computed Tomography and Pott's disease causing a compression fracture of L3 with bilateral paravertebral collection, epidural extension and a left psoas abscess on Magnetic Resonance Imaging. After starting antitubercular therapy, the child is doing well and on regular follow up. We are presenting this case to highlight the fact that extensive spinal tuberculosis can present without any neurological deficit and may even present only as a benign looking orbital swelling.
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