Splenic Tuberculosis: A case report

Autor: Arab M, Mansoori D, Abbasidezfouli A, Shadmehr M, Afsari M
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Acta Medica Iranica, Vol 40, Iss 1, Pp 20-25 (2002)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0044-6025
Popis: Splenic Tuberculosis is a rare entity, particularly among immunocompetent hosts. Hererin, we present a 23 year-old man who was reffered with fever of unknown origin and eventually diagnosed to have splenic tuberculosis with an involvement of a single axillary lymph node as the sole site disease in the other organs.Despite two months of treatment with antituberculous agents due to necrotising granulomatous lesion of axillary lymphadenitis, the patient underwent splenectomy for complete recovery. It seems that in this rare from of tuberculosis, splenectomy in addition to standard antituberculosis treatment is curative
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