Tuberculosis as a Necropsy Room Hazard

Tuberculosis as a necropsy room hazard.

The literature suggests that there are grounds for suspecting that the necropsy room might be a centre for the dissemination of tuberculosis. Hedvall (1940) discussed the incidence of tuberculosis among students at Lund University, and found that it was significantly greater among medical students than among those of other faculties, and that a high proportion of the cases appeared to coincide ...

Helicobacter pylori as an occupational hazard in the endoscopy room.

BACKGROUND It remains controversial whether or not healthcare workers on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy teams are at risk of Helicobacter pylori infection. An association between occupational exposure and an increased risk of infection has been shown in a number of studies, while such a risk was not confirmed in others. None of these studies were conducted in Africa. METHOD We performed a c...

[Miliary tuberculosis: the role of necropsy studies].

This case study of generalized miliary tuberculosis in a Brazilian man without AIDS is reported in order to emphasize the role of histopathological study for diagnosis. We comment on a recent Indian study involving 40 cases of surgical and necropsy specimens in which the diagnosis of tuberculosis was made, as well as a previous Brazilian case report. The authors believe that non-specialists sho...

Thyroid Tuberculosis Presenting as a Cystic Nodule

Although tuberculosis involves every organ and has a wide range of clinical manifestation, however involvement of the thyroid gland is rare. We report a case of a 25-yr-old female with supraclavicular lymphadenitis that developed nodular swelling of the thyroid and had symptoms and sonographic features mimicking a nodule with a cystic component. The diagnosis was made by using fine needle aspir...

Tuberculosis Endometritis Presenting as A Leiomyoma