Tuberc Respir Dis.  2007 Jul;63(1):67-71. 10.4046/trd.2007.63.1.67.

Unusual Presentation of Miliary Tuberculosis

Affiliations
  • 1Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Eulji University School of Medicine, Korea. djna13@gmail.com
  • 2Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Korea.
  • 3Internal Medicine, Sun General Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.

Abstract

No abstract available.

Keyword

Miliary tuberculosis; Multiorgan; Immunocompetent

MeSH Terms

Tuberculosis, Miliary*

Figure

  • Figure 1 (A) Chest Radiograph shows fine nodular opacites bilaterally. (B) High Resolution CT shows numerous fine and discrete nodules bilaterally in a random distribution.

  • Figure 2 Abdomen CT shows an enhancing nodule within liver and a wedge-shaped low-attenuation lesion in spleen (A). At a slightly caudal level, a hypoattenuation lesion in left kidney (B).

  • Figure 3 Brain MRI reveals multiple enhancing nodules in cerebral, celebellar hemisphere, basal ganglia (A), and brain stem (B).


Cited by  1 articles

Miliary Tuberculosis Mimicking Brain Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma
Yousang Ko, Eun-Kyung Mo, Yong Bum Park, Mi-Ri Kang, Jong Seok Bae, Yerim Kim
J Neurocrit Care. 2018;11(1):47-53.    doi: 10.18700/jnc.180045.


Reference

1. Rieder HL, Snider DE Jr, Cauthen GM. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis in the United States. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1990. 141:347–351.
2. Long R, O'Connor R, Palayew M, Hershfield E, Manfreda J. Disseminated tuberculosis with and without a miliary pattern on chest radiograph: a clinical-pathologic-radiologic correlation. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 1997. 1:52–58.
3. Hill AR, Premkumar S, Brustein S, Vaidya K, Powell S, Li PW, et al. Disseminated tuberculosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome era. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1991. 144:1164–1170.
4. Klatskin G. Hepatic granulomata: problems in interpretation. Mt Sinai J Med. 1977. 44:798–812.
5. Jain A, Sharma AK, Kar P, Chaturvedi KU. Isolated splenic tuberculosis. J Assoc Physicians India. 1993. 41:605–606.
6. Gulati MS, Sarma D, Paul SB. CT appearances in abdominal tuberculosis. A pictorial essay. Clin Imaging. 1999. 23:51–59.
7. Radin DR. Intraabdominal Mycobacterium tuberculosis vs Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infections in patients with AIDS: distinction based on CT findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1991. 156:487–491.
8. Adil A, Chikhaoui N, Ousehal A, Kadiri R. Splenic tuberculosis. Apropos of 12 cases. Ann Radiol (Paris). 1995. 38:403–407.
9. Eastwood JB, Corbishley CM, Grange JM. Tuberculosis and the kidney. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2001. 12:1307–1314.
10. Maartens G, Willcox PA, Benatar SR. Miliary tuberculosis: rapid diagnosis, hematologic abnormalities, and outcome in 109 treated adults. Am J Med. 1990. 89:291–296.
11. Kalita J, Misra UK, Ranjan P. Tuberculous meningitis with pulmonary miliary tuberculosis: a clinicoradiological study. Neurol India. 2004. 52:194–196.
12. Blumberg HM, Burman WJ, Chaisson RE, Daley CL, Etkind SC, Friedman LN, et al. American Thoracic Society/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Infectious Diseases Society of America: treatment of tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003. 167:603–662.
13. Baker SK, Glassroth J. Rom WN, Garay SM, editors. Miliary tuberculosis. Tuberculosis. 2004. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins;427–444.
14. Afghani B, Lieberman JM. Paradoxical enlargement or development of intracranial tuberculomas during therapy: case report and review. Clin Infec Dis. 1994. 19:1092–1099.
15. Hejazi N, Hassler W. Multiple intracranial tuberculomas with atypical response to tuberculostatic chemotheraphy: literature review and a case report. Infection. 1997. 25:233–239.
Full Text Links
  • TRD
Actions
Cited
CITED
export Copy
Close
Share
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
Similar articles
Copyright © 2024 by Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors. All rights reserved.     E-mail: koreamed@kamje.or.kr