Isolated Splenic Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Rare Case

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Despite early diagnosis and improvements in medical science, the incidence of the disease is still a major public health problem in developing countries. Splenic tuberculos...

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Autores principales: Chablou, Mohamed, Jabi, Rachid, Id M'barek, Ahmed, Seghrouchni, Noura, Bouziane, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7985837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33777552
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13463
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Sumario:Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Despite early diagnosis and improvements in medical science, the incidence of the disease is still a major public health problem in developing countries. Splenic tuberculosis is quite rare and occurs mostly as a part of miliary tuberculosis in individuals with immunosuppression. Isolated splenic tuberculosis is extremely rare in immunocompetent patients. We report a case of an immunocompetent man with isolated splenic tuberculosis.

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