Primary Tubercular Chest Wall Abscess in a Young Immunocompetent Male
Joint Authors
Sharma, Shweta
Mahajan, R. K.
Myneedu, V. P.
Sharma, B. B.
Duggal, Nandini
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-09-10
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Chest wall tuberculosis is a rare entity especially in an immunocompetent patient.
Infection may result from direct inoculation of the organisms or hematogenous spread from some underlying pathology.
Infected lymph nodes may also transfer the bacilli through lymphatic route.
Chest wall tuberculosis may resemble a pyogenic abscess or tumour and entertaining the possibility of tubercular etiology remains a clinical challenge unless there are compelling reasons of suspicion.
In tuberculosis endemic countries like India, all the abscesses indolent to routine treatment need investigation to rule out mycobacterial causes.
We present here a case of chest wall tuberculosis where infection was localized to skin only and, in the absence of any evidence of specific site, it appears to be a case of primary involvement.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sharma, Shweta& Mahajan, R. K.& Myneedu, V. P.& Sharma, B. B.& Duggal, Nandini. 2014. Primary Tubercular Chest Wall Abscess in a Young Immunocompetent Male. Case Reports in Pulmonology،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sharma, Shweta…[et al.]. Primary Tubercular Chest Wall Abscess in a Young Immunocompetent Male. Case Reports in Pulmonology No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sharma, Shweta& Mahajan, R. K.& Myneedu, V. P.& Sharma, B. B.& Duggal, Nandini. Primary Tubercular Chest Wall Abscess in a Young Immunocompetent Male. Case Reports in Pulmonology. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1034937
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1034937