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Untreated Active Tuberculosis in Pregnancy with Intraocular Dissemination: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Joint Authors
Rezai, Shadi
Henderson, Cassandra E.
LoBue, Stephen
Adams, Daniel
Oladipo, Yewande
Posso, Ramses
Mapp, Tiffany
Santiago, Crystal
Jain, Manisha
Marino, William D.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-11-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that affects hundreds of millions of people across the world.
However, the incidence in developed countries has decreased over the past decades causing physicians to become unfamiliar with its unspecific symptoms.
Pregnant individuals are especially difficult because many symptoms of active TB can mimic normal physiological changes of pregnancy.
We present a case report of a 26-year-old multiparous woman, G4P3003, at 38-week gestation with a history of positive PPD who emigrated from Ghana 6 years ago.
She came to the hospital with an initial complaint of suprapubic pain, pressure, and possible leakage of amniotic fluid for the past week.
Patient also complained of a productive cough for the past 3 to 4 months with a decrease in vision occurring with the start of pregnancy.
Visual acuity was worse than 20/200 in both eyes.
Definitive diagnosis of active TB was delayed due to patient refusal of chest X-ray.
Fortunately, delay in diagnosis was minimized since patient delivered within 24 hours of admission.
Active TB was confirmed with intraocular dissemination.
Patient had optic atrophy OS (left eye) and papillitis, choroiditis, and uveitis OD (right eye) due to TB infiltration.
Fetus was asymptomatic and anti-TB therapy was started for both patients.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rezai, Shadi& LoBue, Stephen& Adams, Daniel& Oladipo, Yewande& Posso, Ramses& Mapp, Tiffany…[et al.]. 2015. Untreated Active Tuberculosis in Pregnancy with Intraocular Dissemination: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Pulmonology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059872
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rezai, Shadi…[et al.]. Untreated Active Tuberculosis in Pregnancy with Intraocular Dissemination: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Pulmonology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059872
American Medical Association (AMA)
Rezai, Shadi& LoBue, Stephen& Adams, Daniel& Oladipo, Yewande& Posso, Ramses& Mapp, Tiffany…[et al.]. Untreated Active Tuberculosis in Pregnancy with Intraocular Dissemination: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Pulmonology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1059872
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1059872