Disseminated congenital tuberculosis presenting as peritonitis in an infant

Congenital tuberculosis is a rare disease which is curable after early diagnosis. Making an early diagnosis of tuberculosis in an infant is difficult, however, because of its nonspecific clinical findings. It therefore requires a high index of suspicion. In this paper we report the case of an infant...

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Published in:Japanese journal of radiology 2013-04, Vol.31 (4), p.282-285
Main Authors: Lee, Mi Hyun, Lim, Gye-Yeon, Chung, Jae Hee, Kim, So-Young
Format: Article
Language:English
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Case Report
Chylous Ascites - diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Imaging
Infant, Newborn
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mycobacterium
Nuclear Medicine
Peritonitis - diagnosis
Radiography
Radiology
Radiotherapy
Tuberculosis - congenital
Tuberculosis - diagnosis
Tuberculosis - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:Congenital tuberculosis is a rare disease which is curable after early diagnosis. Making an early diagnosis of tuberculosis in an infant is difficult, however, because of its nonspecific clinical findings. It therefore requires a high index of suspicion. In this paper we report the case of an infant with disseminated congenital tuberculosis involving the chest, liver, spleen, abdominal lymph nodes, mesentery, and peritoneum, and which presented as chylous ascites with peritonitis.
ISSN:1867-1071
1867-108X
DOI:10.1007/s11604-012-0174-4