Tuberculosis concomitant with diabetes

Thoracoplasty concomitant with resection for pulmonary tuberculosis.

Concomitant acromioclavicular and miliary tuberculosis.

A 48-year-old man was being treated unsuccessfully for miliary tuberculosis for 5 months until he presented with acromioclavicular joint swelling. Imaging of the shoulder revealed destruction of the acromioclavicular joint and the patient was brought to the operating theatre and underwent the excision of the distal end of the clavicle, synovectomy and drainage of the abscess. Surgery was follow...

Concomitant Patterns of Tuberculosis and Sarcoidosis

Esmaeil Mortaz 1, , Mohammad Reza Masjedi , Soheila Matroodi , Atefeh Abedini , Arda Kiani , Dina Soroush , and Ian M. Adcock * 1 Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2 Chronic Respiratory Disease Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Masih Dane...

Concomitant Urothelial Cancer and Renal Tuberculosis

We report a case of coexisting urothelial cancer and renal tuberculosis in the same kidney. The patient is a 72-year-old female with a remote history of treated pulmonary tuberculosis who presented with haematuria, initial investigation of which elucidated no definitive cause. Almost 1 year later, a diagnosis of metastatic urinary tract cancer was made. The patient received chemotherapy for adv...

Concomitant diabetes mellitus and heart failure.

The prevalence of patients with concomitant diabetes mellitus (DM) and heart failure (HF) is growing exponentially. Patients with HF and DM show specific metabolic, neurohormonal, and structural heart abnormalities, which potentially contribute to worse HF outcomes than seen in patients without comorbid DM. Subgroup analysis of recent trials suggest that patients with HF and DM may respond diff...