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Rev. am. med. respir ; 14(3): 315-317, set. 2014. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-734443

ABSTRACT

La tuberculosis vulvar es una rara localización de la enfermedad, que debe incluirse en los diagnósticos diferenciales de lesiones ulcerosas o exofíticas dolorosas a ese nivel. Se presenta el caso de una mujer joven, VIH negativa, con grave compromiso del estado general debido a una tuberculosis diseminada con múltiples localizaciones: pulmonar, renal, genital, intestinal y peritoneal. La cepa de Mycobacterium tuberculosis aislada del esputo, orina y tracto genital fue pansensible y la paciente respondió al tratamiento con drogas de primera línea.


The vulvar tuberculosis is an uncommon localization of tuberculosis, which has to be included in the differential diagnosis of painful vulvar ulcerative or exophytic lesions. This report presents a case of an HIV negative young woman with severe compromise of her health status, due to disseminated tuberculosis with multiple localizations: pulmonary, renal, genital, intestinal and peritoneal manifestations. The strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from sputum, urine and the genital tract was susceptible to all the antituberculosis medicaments and the patient responded to treatment with first-line drugs.


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Tuberculosis , Ulcer , Vulva
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