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A Postpartum Immigrant with Pulmonary, Pleural, and Intestinal Tuberculosis
Pelin Pınar Deniz1, Pelin Duru Çetinkaya1, Filiz Aydoğan2
1Departmant of Pulmonology, University of Health Sciences, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
Abstract:
Intestinal tuberculosis is a rare extrapulmonary condition and mainly involves the ileocecal region. Most of the patients with tuberculosis during the postpartum period present with extrapulmonary involvement. The postpartum period has a higher risk of the reactivation of tuberculosis due to changes in the immune system. We present the case of a 22-year-old postpartum immigrant patient, with pulmonary, pleural, and intestinal tuberculosis with intestinal perforation. Due to the nonspecific symptoms of intestinal tuberculosis, clinical suspicion is extremely important.
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