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Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as mesenteric and cerebral abscess in HIV infection: case report
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Autores: Pandit,Vinay; Valsalan,Rohith; Seshadri,Shubha; Bahuleyan,Shibu.
Disseminated tuberculosis in HIV infection involves multiple organs. Pulmonary and lymph node involvement are the commonest form of tuberculosis in HIV infection [1, 2]. Other forms of tuberculosis in the absence of lung and lymph node involvement are rare. Various forms of abdominal [3, 4] and neurological [5, 6] tubercular involvement in HIV infection have been reported. But tuberculosis presenting simultaneously with mesenteric and brain abscess has not been reported yet. We report a case of disseminated tuberculosis presenting as mesenteric and cerebral abscess in a HIV case without involving lung and lymph nodes. Bone marrow smears and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from mesenteric lesion were positive for acid fast bacilli (AFB) and the...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Palavras-chave: HIV; Tuberculosis; Abscess.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000500014