Tuberculosis after renal transplantation : a case report

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Renal transplant recipients are susceptible to a variety of infections with both common and opportunistic pathogens as a result of immunosuppressive therapy.

We report herein a case of a 32-year-old female renal transplant recipient who developed pulmonary tuberculosis with supraglotic mass causing suffocation, 1.7 years after undergoing renal transplantation.

She responded well to a combination of tracheostomy and antituberculous therapy.

Although tuberculosis is a common infection in transplant recipients, its presentation as a supraglotic mass is unusual.