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Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting as Baker's Cyst Infection.

Najwa PervinSami AkramTamer H HudaliMukul BhattaraiSana Waqar
Published in: Case reports in infectious diseases (2017)
In the absence of coexisting immunocompromised state and lack of specific symptoms a reactivation of treated mycobacterial tuberculosis (MTB) infection is generally not considered in the differential diagnosis of leg pain. We present a unique case of disseminated tuberculosis presenting as an infected Baker's cyst in a 73-year-old immunocompetent male.
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