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Rare Presentation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mimicking Prostate Cancer

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is primarily known to affect the lungs with cavitary lesions and enlarged lymph nodes as the first telltale sign. However, if the bacteria spread to extrapulmonary areas such as the bones, and lack lymphadenopathy, then the differential diagnosis may become misleading. We...

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Autores principales: Nahidi, Seyed Mohammad, Singh, Harman, Tickoo, Sharang, Duka, Leonidha, Won, Jung, Gulas, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8913007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35317087
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc3855
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author Nahidi, Seyed Mohammad
Singh, Harman
Tickoo, Sharang
Duka, Leonidha
Won, Jung
Gulas, Jennifer
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description Mycobacterium tuberculosis is primarily known to affect the lungs with cavitary lesions and enlarged lymph nodes as the first telltale sign. However, if the bacteria spread to extrapulmonary areas such as the bones, and lack lymphadenopathy, then the differential diagnosis may become misleading. We present a case of a 68-year-old male patient with a chief complaint of chronic left hip pain upon which computer tomography identified lytic lesions on the left hip. Given the mildly elevated prostate-specific antigen with a family history of prostate cancer, a bone biopsy was warranted. The biopsy revealed non-caseating granulomas and the DNA probe identified the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. This case signifies that atypical presentations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis may mimic other diagnoses and more invasive techniques such as a biopsy may be necessary.
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spelling pubmed-89130072022-03-21 Rare Presentation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mimicking Prostate Cancer Nahidi, Seyed Mohammad Singh, Harman Tickoo, Sharang Duka, Leonidha Won, Jung Gulas, Jennifer J Med Cases Case Report Mycobacterium tuberculosis is primarily known to affect the lungs with cavitary lesions and enlarged lymph nodes as the first telltale sign. However, if the bacteria spread to extrapulmonary areas such as the bones, and lack lymphadenopathy, then the differential diagnosis may become misleading. We present a case of a 68-year-old male patient with a chief complaint of chronic left hip pain upon which computer tomography identified lytic lesions on the left hip. Given the mildly elevated prostate-specific antigen with a family history of prostate cancer, a bone biopsy was warranted. The biopsy revealed non-caseating granulomas and the DNA probe identified the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. This case signifies that atypical presentations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis may mimic other diagnoses and more invasive techniques such as a biopsy may be necessary. Elmer Press 2022-02 2022-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8913007/ /pubmed/35317087 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc3855 Text en Copyright 2022, Nahidi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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