Pyo pneumothorax revealing splenic tuberculosis abscess in a COVID-19 femmal: A case report

• In areas where tuberculosis is prevalent, a splenic tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with fever of unknown origin and splenomegaly. • The diagnosis can be made later when complications occur as well as spontaneous rupture of the spleen. • Altho...

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Autores principales: Bouassida, Imen, Hadj Dahmane, Mariem, Zribi, Hazem, Abdelkbir, Amina, Jaber, Chaker, Marghli, Adel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9212807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35749946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107312
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Sumario:• In areas where tuberculosis is prevalent, a splenic tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with fever of unknown origin and splenomegaly. • The diagnosis can be made later when complications occur as well as spontaneous rupture of the spleen. • Although rare, chest rupture can occur and symptoms can be respiratory as well as pyopneumothorax or empyema, which can lead to inaccurate diagnosis and inappropriate treatment of the an underlying condition.

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