tuberculosis (tb), once a disease confined to undeveloped or developing nations is currently in resurgence, which is attributable to pandemic human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and immigration from endemic areas. tuberculous arthritis is difficult to diagnose early because of its atypical insidious clinical manifestations and nonspecific imaging findings. tb is also known as the ‘grea...

abstract pachymeningitis is a rare chronic disorder of the duramater caused by various infectious, autoimmune or malignant diseases. we report a child with chronic tuberculous pachymeningitis, who presented with clinical manifestations of meningitis with a compatible cerebrospinal fluid analysis. despite signs of progressive neurological involvement, extensive work-up done to rule out known cau...

Post mortem surveillances, for the detection of tuberculous lesions in particular depend on the work load time and the diligence of the inspector conducting the examination. The first aim of the study was to determine the trend of occurrence of tuberculous lesions in two abattoirs in Addis Ababa and Debre-Zeit (Ethiopia). The second aim of the study was to determine prevalence of the tuberculin...

Gall-stone ileus associated with tuberculous strictures is an uncommon cause of bowel obstruction related to a cholecystoenteric fistula. The stone usually obstructs the narrowest part of the intestine. The patient whose intestine is strictured due to tuberculosis or other disease, the stone can impact that part of the strictured area. We report such a case of gall-stone ileus in a patient of 8...

An Asian man initially presented with a urethral discharge caused by lower urinary tract infection, which was followed by acute epididymo-orchitis. This responded well to antibiotics but was followed by a less acute form of epididymo-orchitis, which did not respond to antibiotics and which tissue biopsy showed to be tuberculous. The inflammatory injury of acute epididymo-orchitis may have activ...

Tuberculosis is a very serious disease and incidence is once again on the rise. Lymph node tuberculosis is one of the most common extrapulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis. In differential diagnosis of chronic, painless cervical lymphadenopathy, cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis should be kept in mind. A high index of suspicion is needed for diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis, which is...

cases were reported in 2015, which accounted for 9.6% of the 32,181 new TB cases and 46.6% of the 6,631 extrapulmonary TB cases (Table 1). Tuberculous pleurisy is the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and is the main cause of pleural effusion in Korea. In Korea, 3,089 new tuberculous pleurisy Progression of Tuberculous Pleurisy: From a Lymphocyte-Predominant Free-Flowing Effu...

1. Tuberculo-protein in solution induces the formation of monocytes in the normal animal and tubercles of epithelioid cells in that which is tuberculous. 2. Freshly precipitated tuberculo-proteins from the culture media and from the bacilli induce a moderate formation of epithelioid cells in normal animals, and more in the tuberculous. 3. Insoluble forms of tuberculo-protein induce complex tube...

Background: The tumor marker CA 125 is commonly used in the screening and diagnosis of ovarian malignancy. However, recent studies have proven a limited role for CA 125 as a diagnostic marker for ovarian cancer. Moreover, it is often elevated in non-cancerous and inflammatory conditions as well. Aims: To evaluate the utility of CA 125 in the workup of intestinal tuberculosis/ tuberculous perito...