Disseminated multi-organ tuberculosis

Disseminated multi-organ tuberculosis.

A 58-year-old immunocompetent man presented with a 6-month history of cough, fever and swelling of the upper chest wall. Computed tomography showed involvement of the clavicle, sternum, lungs, pleura and pericardium. Trans-bronchial biopsy of the lungs, and surgical debridement with partial resection of the manubrium revealed infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Figs. 1 and 2). Fig. 1. Co...

Pancytopenia in disseminated tuberculosis.

disseminated tuberculosis presenting as hypersplenism

background occurrence of hypersplenism in tb is very rare. we report a case of dtb with hypersplenism presentation. case presentation a 23year old man was admitted with complaints of fever, night sweats, anorexia, headache, shortness of breath, early satiety that had started 10 days ago. he had been well until 9 months ago, when early satiety developed for the first time. physical and ultrasono...

Disseminated tuberculosis: interesting hematological observations.

Disseminated tuberculosis can present in various ways including prolonged fever / pyrexia of unknown origin, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, meningitis and rarely extreme forms of hematological abnormalities such as pancytopenia and leukemoid reaction. We hereby report a case who presented with short history of fever, associated with vomiting and altered sensorium. He also had evidence of ...

Disseminated tuberculosis following BCG vaccination.

Disseminated tuberculosis is rare in infants. The more common presentations of tuberculosis (TB) in infancy include pulmonary and meningeal involvement. Disseminated TB following BCG vaccination is even rarer. The possible reasons for dissemination following BCG are faulty techniques of intra-dermal administration and use of excess doses of the vaccine. Dissemination following BCG also occurs i...