A Postpartum Immigrant with Pulmonary, Pleural, and Intestinal Tuberculosis

Intestinal tuberculosis is a rare extrapulmonary condition and mainly involves the ileocecal region. Most of the patients with tuberculosis during the postpartum period present with extrapulmonary involvement. The postpartum period has a higher risk of the reactivation of tuberculosis due to changes...

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Autores principales: Pınar Deniz, Pelin, Çetinkaya, Pelin Duru, Aydoğan, Filiz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Turkish Thoracic Society 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10346117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37503621
http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/ThoracResPract.2023.22129
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Sumario:Intestinal tuberculosis is a rare extrapulmonary condition and mainly involves the ileocecal region. Most of the patients with tuberculosis during the postpartum period present with extrapulmonary involvement. The postpartum period has a higher risk of the reactivation of tuberculosis due to changes in the immune system. We present the case of a 22-year-old postpartum immigrant patient, with pulmonary, pleural, and intestinal tuberculosis with intestinal perforation. Due to the nonspecific symptoms of intestinal tuberculosis, clinical suspicion is extremely important.

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