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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author Bouassida, Imen
Hadj Dahmane, Mariem
Zribi, Hazem
Abdelkbir, Amina
Jaber, Chaker
Marghli, Adel
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description • 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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spelling pubmed-92128072022-06-22 Pyo pneumothorax revealing splenic tuberculosis abscess in a COVID-19 femmal: A case report Bouassida, Imen Hadj Dahmane, Mariem Zribi, Hazem Abdelkbir, Amina Jaber, Chaker Marghli, Adel Int J Surg Case Rep 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. • 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. Elsevier 2022-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9212807/ /pubmed/35749946 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107312 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Jaber, Chaker
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Pyo pneumothorax revealing splenic tuberculosis abscess in a COVID-19 femmal: A case report
title Pyo pneumothorax revealing splenic tuberculosis abscess in a COVID-19 femmal: A case report
title_full Pyo pneumothorax revealing splenic tuberculosis abscess in a COVID-19 femmal: A case report
title_fullStr Pyo pneumothorax revealing splenic tuberculosis abscess in a COVID-19 femmal: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Pyo pneumothorax revealing splenic tuberculosis abscess in a COVID-19 femmal: A case report
title_short Pyo pneumothorax revealing splenic tuberculosis abscess in a COVID-19 femmal: A case report
title_sort pyo pneumothorax revealing splenic tuberculosis abscess in a covid-19 femmal: a case report
topic Case Report
url 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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