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Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia
versión impresa ISSN 0873-2159
Resumen
PEREIRA, João Cláudio Barroso; PEREIRA, Rosângela Ribeiro Machado y GERECHT, Salomão Assis. Disseminated tuberculosis: A case report and discussion. Rev Port Pneumol [online]. 2008, vol.14, n.4, pp.561-569. ISSN 0873-2159.
The authors report the case of a 13 year-old boy with disseminated tuberculosis evidenced by bilateral otomastoiditis associated to abdominal pain, ascites and apical alveolar pneumonia, prior history of contact with tuberculosis (TB) patients and radiology findings at mastoiditis, abdominal tract and thorax. Diagnosis was confirmed through positive culture for Mycobaterium tuberculosis from mastoiditis surgical drainage. After 6 months of anti-tuberculosis treatment there was remission of symptoms and regression of radiology findings.
Palabras clave : Disseminated tuberculosis; immunocompetent patient; otomastoidits; peritoneal tuberculosis.