Splenic abscess as a paradoxical response to chemotherapy in tuberculous pleural effusion

We report a rare case of tuberculous pleural effusion that developed multiple splenic abscesses after antituberculosis chemotherapy. She responded to addition of oral corticosteroid to antituberculosis regimen. The relevant literature, regarding pathogenesis and clinical importance of recognizing a...

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Autores principales: Dixit, Ramakant, Nuwal, Paras, Arya, Manoj
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20351962
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.58961
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spelling pubmed-28418112010-03-26 Splenic abscess as a paradoxical response to chemotherapy in tuberculous pleural effusion Dixit, Ramakant Nuwal, Paras Arya, Manoj Ann Thorac Med Case Report We report a rare case of tuberculous pleural effusion that developed multiple splenic abscesses after antituberculosis chemotherapy. She responded to addition of oral corticosteroid to antituberculosis regimen. The relevant literature, regarding pathogenesis and clinical importance of recognizing a paradoxical response, is discussed. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2841811/ /pubmed/20351962 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.58961 Text en © Annals of Thoracic Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dixit, Ramakant
Nuwal, Paras
Arya, Manoj
Splenic abscess as a paradoxical response to chemotherapy in tuberculous pleural effusion
title Splenic abscess as a paradoxical response to chemotherapy in tuberculous pleural effusion
title_full Splenic abscess as a paradoxical response to chemotherapy in tuberculous pleural effusion
title_fullStr Splenic abscess as a paradoxical response to chemotherapy in tuberculous pleural effusion
title_full_unstemmed Splenic abscess as a paradoxical response to chemotherapy in tuberculous pleural effusion
title_short Splenic abscess as a paradoxical response to chemotherapy in tuberculous pleural effusion
title_sort splenic abscess as a paradoxical response to chemotherapy in tuberculous pleural effusion
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20351962
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.58961
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