Intestinal perforation due to paradoxical reaction during treatment for miliary tuberculosis
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Intestinal perforation due to paradoxical reaction during treatment for miliary tuberculosis
A 61-year-old man was being treated for poor nutritional status. He had been on weekly methotrexate 6 mg and daily tacrolimus 1 mg and prednisolone 18 mg for 8 years due to dermatomyositis. On further workup, he was initially detected to have ileocecal ulcer with subsequent development of diffuse miliary shadows on chest radiograph. He was diagnosed as having ileocecal with miliary tuberculosis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Respirology Case Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2051-3380,2051-3380
DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.196