A Case with Multiple Localizations of Tuberculosis Infection
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Case report
VOLUME: 7 ISSUE: 2
P: 85 - 89
August 2006

A Case with Multiple Localizations of Tuberculosis Infection

1. Izmir Training and Research Hospital for Thoracic Medicine and Surgery
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Accepted Date: 12.10.2021
Online Date: 12.10.2021
Publish Date: 12.10.2021
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Abstract

Diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is often difficult. A case with diagnosis of abdominal and possible cranial, mediastinal, pulmonary and ovarian TB was treated with combined chemotherapy of streptomycin, ethambutol, rifampin, and pyrazinamide. She made a good recovery with almost complete resolution of the radiographic appearances after a six- month therapy. Diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB can be easily missed unless the disease is suspected. Solid lesions in multiple localizations, especially those imitating tumor metastasis, must alert clinicians to extrapulmonary TB.

Keywords:
extrapulmonary tuberculosis, granulomatous inflammation, tuberculoma