Disseminated TB in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report

Malihe Hassan Nezhad; Alireza Ganadan; SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi; Fatemeh Nili Ahmad Abadi; Seyed Ali Dehghan Manshadi; Mohammad Reza Salehi; Fereshte Ghiasvand; Seyedeh Rana Khatami

doi:10.2174/1871526520666200528152739

Disseminated TB in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report

Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2021;21(2):297-300. doi: 10.2174/1871526520666200528152739.

Authors

Malihe Hassan Nezhad¹, Alireza Ganadan², SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi³, Fatemeh Nili Ahmad Abadi⁴, Seyed Ali Dehghan Manshadi³, Mohammad Reza Salehi³, Fereshte Ghiasvand¹, Seyedeh Rana Khatami¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Department of Pathology, Razi Hospital and Cancer Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
³ Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

PMID: 32484114
DOI: 10.2174/1871526520666200528152739

Abstract

Tuberculosis considered as a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, may invade all organs but mainly affects the lungs. Overall, disseminated TB is rare in immunocompetent patients and its association with seborrheic keratosis has never been reported. ; Case Presentation: We reported a 54-year-old man with a complaint prolonged fever, abdominal pain, weight loss and lymphadenopathy without any immunosuppression who was eventually treated based on the diagnosis of diffuse tuberculosis.

Keywords: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; case report.; diffuse tuberculosis; disseminated tuberculosis; lymphadenopathy; seborrheic keratosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Humans
Lymphadenopathy* / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
Tuberculosis* / complications