The paradoxical evolution in an unusual case of disseminated tuberculosis: Spontaneous resolution with disease progression
Mycobacterium tuberculosis can cause a myriad of clinical manifestations. We describe a case of a patient with end-stage renal failure, who presented with disseminated tuberculosis over the course of five months, manifesting with a self-resolving mediastinal mass, progressive lymphadenopathy, genito...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Mycobacteriology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2018;volume=7;issue=3;spage=285;epage=287;aulast=Thien |
| Summary: | Mycobacterium tuberculosis can cause a myriad of clinical manifestations. We describe a case of a patient with end-stage renal failure, who presented with disseminated tuberculosis over the course of five months, manifesting with a self-resolving mediastinal mass, progressive lymphadenopathy, genitourinary, and musculoskeletal tuberculosis. |
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| ISSN: | 2212-5531 2212-554X |