Grira, Marwene and Boulvain, Michel and Janssens, Jean-Paul (2018) Inflammatory Syndrome as the Initial Manifestation of Retroperitoneal Tuberculosis in a Pregnant Woman. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 5 (7). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
A 20-year-old asylum seeker presented with vomiting and left thigh pain, with a biological inflammatory syndrome. Pregnancy was diagnosed. Investigations revealed a pseudo-cystic, 20-cm-long retroperitoneal abscess, biopsy of which confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Evolution after cyst drainage and under conventional anti-tuberculosis treatment was favourable. An abdominal location of tuberculosis is rare and its diagnosis is difficult especially in countries with a low incidence of the disease. Unexplained abdominal manifestations and/or persistent biological inflammatory syndrome, especially in high-risk groups, should raise the suspicion of tuberculosis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Abdominal tuberculosis, inflammatory syndrome, pregnancy |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2018 11:11 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2018 11:11 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/18185 |
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