Disseminated tuberculosis involving the eye, skin, axillary lymph nodes and lungs in an immunocompetent host.
Obaid Imtiyazul HaqueSyed Asghar RizviZiya SiddiquiPublished in: BMJ case reports (2023)
A female in her early 40s presented to the outpatient clinic for weight loss, fatigue, cough, followed by a gradual painful loss of vision in the right eye associated with redness over the past 3 months. Physical examination revealed bilateral axillary lymphadenopathy and non-healing skin ulcers on the left forearm and the left gluteal region. The patient had no light perception in the right eye and grade 4+ cells in the anterior chamber. A chest X-ray showed a cavitary lesion in the left upper lobe. Histopathological tests from the skin and lymph nodes revealed caseating granulomas, raising the suspicion of tuberculosis. A sputum nucleic acid amplification test was performed, which returned positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis The patient was treated with antitubercular chemotherapy and showed encouraging signs of progress after the treatment.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- nucleic acid
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- wound healing
- case report
- sentinel lymph node
- weight loss
- soft tissue
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- induced apoptosis
- bariatric surgery
- primary care
- emergency department
- magnetic resonance imaging
- hiv aids
- single cell
- cell cycle arrest
- body mass index
- physical activity
- oxidative stress
- gastric bypass
- newly diagnosed
- depressive symptoms
- mental health
- replacement therapy
- early stage
- roux en y gastric bypass
- ultrasound guided
- insulin resistance
- cell death
- adipose tissue