PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS AS AN OBSTETRIC COMPLICATION

Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy as a complication of pulmonary tuberculosis.

The patient is a 17-year-old man with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis treated for 6 months with the standard regimen [isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide for 2 months (intensive phase) followed by isoniazid and rifampin for 4 months (continuation phase)] with complete adherence and whose sputum smears at the end of his treatment were negative for acid-fast bacillus. Six months...

Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Fibrosing mediastinitis as an untypical complication of tuberculosis: case report.

Fibrosing mediastinitis (FM) is a rare benign disorder caused by proliferation of acellular collagen and fibrous tissue within the mediastinum. In the United States, most cases are thought to be caused by an abnormal immune response to Histoplasma capsulatum infection. Some cases of FM are related to tuberculosis. In most patients the cause of FM is unknown. The affected patients are typically ...

An unusual complication of extradural catheterization in obstetric anaesthesia.

An extradural catheter was inserted at the third lumbar interspace for relief of pain during labour in a 21-year-old gravid patient. Attempts to withdraw the catheter met with resistance and produced severe pain in the distribution of the second left lumbar nerve. Radiography revealed an acutely angled loop of the catheter over the L2-3 nerve root.

[Bronchopleurocutaneous Fistula: A Rare Complication of Pulmonary Tuberculosis].

INTRODUCTION Multiple complications can occur in tuberculosis. Bronchopleurocutaneous fistula is a pathological communication between bronchus, pleural space and skin. CLINICAL CASE We present a 47 year-old male patient, schizophrenic, who presented with complaints of pleuritic chest pain, cough and weight loss. The patient was cachectic with purulent drainage from an orifice in the antero-la...