Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as febrile seizures with fatal evolution in an infant

Rom J Morphol Embryol. 2014;55(4):1483-9.

Abstract

Disseminated tuberculosis with the involvement of brain, liver and gut is a rare disease in immunocompetent infant. Early diagnostic and instauration of anti-tuberculosis therapy is capital because the outcome is poor. Here, we report the case of an 11-month-old boy with disseminated tuberculosis of brain, liver abdominal lymph nodes, small bowel and lung, which presented with fever, generalized tonic-clonic seizure, hemodynamic instability and a history of recurrent respiratory tract infections. His father was diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis six month ago and family members completed an anti-tuberculosis chemoprophylaxis regimen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Granuloma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Infant
  • Inflammation / pathology
  • Intestinal Mucosa / pathology
  • Liver / pathology
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Seizures, Febrile / diagnosis*
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*