First Report of an Association Between Crohn’s Disease and Isolated Splenic Tuberculosis in Pediatric Population

Isolated splenic tuberculosis (TB) in children is extremely rare, and congenital or acquired immunodeficiency is usually a predisposing factor for this disease. Herein, we report a case of isolated splenic TB in a 5.5-year-old child associated with Crohn’s disease. As far as we are aware, this assoc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sayyahfar, Shirin, Motamedi, Mona, Rahbar, Mahtab
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iranian Association of Gastroerterology and Hepatology 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9489430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619274
http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/mejdd.2022.294
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Sumario:Isolated splenic tuberculosis (TB) in children is extremely rare, and congenital or acquired immunodeficiency is usually a predisposing factor for this disease. Herein, we report a case of isolated splenic TB in a 5.5-year-old child associated with Crohn’s disease. As far as we are aware, this association is reported for the first time in children. Clinicians should be aware and consider extra pulmonary TB, especially in endemic regions. In addition, evaluation of an underlying disorder in unusual presentations of TB is advisable.

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