Metastatic tuberculous chest wall and massive psoas abscesses in an immunocompetent patient
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is rare in immunocompetent healthy adults. TB of the chest wall accounts for 1%–5% of all cases of musculoskeletal TB. Psoas abscess can be either primary or secondary to diseases like Pott's spine. We describe a patient with massive lower chest wall abscess ext...
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| description | Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is rare in immunocompetent healthy adults. TB of the chest wall accounts for 1%–5% of all cases of musculoskeletal TB. Psoas abscess can be either primary or secondary to diseases like Pott's spine. We describe a patient with massive lower chest wall abscess extending to abdominal muscles and an asymptomatic large psoas abscess detected on imaging due to spine TB which responded well to antitubercular therapy and drainage without surgical measures. The concomitant presence of a massive chest wall abscess and psoas abscess due to TB in an immunocompetent patient was not reported previously. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38b2a91c22e34216930553fdc237c15f2022-12-22T01:59:09ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Mycobacteriology2212-55312212-554X2020-01-0191989910.4103/ijmy.ijmy_183_19Metastatic tuberculous chest wall and massive psoas abscesses in an immunocompetent patientMansoor C AbdullaExtrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is rare in immunocompetent healthy adults. TB of the chest wall accounts for 1%–5% of all cases of musculoskeletal TB. Psoas abscess can be either primary or secondary to diseases like Pott's spine. We describe a patient with massive lower chest wall abscess extending to abdominal muscles and an asymptomatic large psoas abscess detected on imaging due to spine TB which responded well to antitubercular therapy and drainage without surgical measures. The concomitant presence of a massive chest wall abscess and psoas abscess due to TB in an immunocompetent patient was not reported previously.http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2020;volume=9;issue=1;spage=98;epage=99;aulast=Abdullachest wall abscessextrapulmonary tuberculosispott diseasepsoas abscesses |
| spellingShingle | Mansoor C Abdulla Metastatic tuberculous chest wall and massive psoas abscesses in an immunocompetent patient International Journal of Mycobacteriology chest wall abscess extrapulmonary tuberculosis pott disease psoas abscesses |
| title | Metastatic tuberculous chest wall and massive psoas abscesses in an immunocompetent patient |
| title_full | Metastatic tuberculous chest wall and massive psoas abscesses in an immunocompetent patient |
| title_fullStr | Metastatic tuberculous chest wall and massive psoas abscesses in an immunocompetent patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metastatic tuberculous chest wall and massive psoas abscesses in an immunocompetent patient |
| title_short | Metastatic tuberculous chest wall and massive psoas abscesses in an immunocompetent patient |
| title_sort | metastatic tuberculous chest wall and massive psoas abscesses in an immunocompetent patient |
| topic | chest wall abscess extrapulmonary tuberculosis pott disease psoas abscesses |
| url | http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2020;volume=9;issue=1;spage=98;epage=99;aulast=Abdulla |
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