Delay in diagnosis of generalized miliary tuberculosis with osseo-articular involvement: a case report

Delay in diagnosis of generalized miliary tuberculosis with osseo-articular involvement: a case report

INTRODUCTION Diagnosis of atypical tuberculosis is difficult. Therefore, it is important that physicians are aware of rare presentations of tuberculosis to avoid diagnostic delays. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 17-year-old Sri Lankan man who presented to our facility with an ill-defined large induration over the skin of his left buttock and thigh. A cause could not be found despi...

Miliary Generalized Tuberculosis with Subacute Evolution – Case Report

Tuberculosis continues to be "the most lethal disease caused by a single pathogen”. The patient that we presented displayed a lot of factors involved in maintaining or re-emerging of tuberculosis infection as a disease (the presence of a low socio-economic level, lack of medical supervision and subsequently extension of a tuberculosis process). The initial clinical diagnosis was meningo-encepha...

A case report of peritoneal tuberculosis with multiple miliary peritoneal deposits mimicking advanced ovarian carcinoma

Background: Peritoneal tuberculosis accounts 1-2% of all forms of tuberculosis. Peritoneal tuberculosis is an important differential diagnosis for ovarian cancer in women with ascites, adnexal mass and elevated cancer antigen 125 (CA125) levels. We report a case of a 32- year -old woman with multiple miliary peritoneal deposits mimicking advanced ovarian carcinoma. Case Presentation: A 32-ye...

Endobronchial Involvement in Miliary Tuberculosis

Bilateral choroidal tuberculoma in miliary tuberculosis - report of a case

BACKGROUND A choroidal mass or granuloma is a feature of ocular tuberculosis (TB). Tubercles can arise in the early stages of progression of TB and indicate hematogenous dissemination before the development of symptomatic disease. Tubercular subretinal granuloma is responsive to treatment with anti-tuberculosis therapy, and prompt treatment helps resolve the lesion completely. FINDINGS We rep...