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Disseminated Tuberculosis Masquerading as a Uterine Cervical Mass in an Immunocompetent Young Female: A Case Report
Sagar Varma1, Lakshmi M1, Swathy Moorthy1
1Internal Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.
Abstract:
Concurrent tubercular involvement of two or more non-contiguous organs is termed disseminated tuberculosis (TB) and is rare in immunocompetent patients. We describe the case of a young immunocompetent woman with disseminated TB who presented with primary complaints of amenorrhea and dysuria. Abdominal ultrasound showed a uterine cervical mass, which on histopathological evaluation revealed epithelioid granulomata with Langhans giant cells and acid-fast bacilli (AFB). Her chest radiograph showed scattered air space opacities bilaterally, and contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen revealed the involvement of bilateral kidneys, para-aortic lymph nodes, adrenals, sacroiliac regions, and the gastrointestinal tract. A colonoscopy picked up an ulcer in the terminal ileum, which on histopathology was positive for AFB. The patient was started on anti-tubercular treatment.
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