Coinfección por lepra y tuberculosis ganglionar en un adulto / Leprosy and ganglionar tuberculosis coinfection in an adult
Medisan
;
22(7)jul.-ago. 2018. ilus
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS
| ID: biblio-955056
RESUMEN
Se describe el caso clínico de un paciente de 34 años de edad, quien acudió a consulta de Dermatología por presentar máculas eritematosas pruriginosas generalizadas. A los 3 meses con tratamiento específico comenzó a presentar febrículas vespertinas y adenopatías cervicales dolorosas, por lo que se indicó una baciloscopia en ambos codos y pabellones auriculares, pero no se halló el Mycobacterium leprae; además se realizó biopsia por aspiración con aguja fina de un ganglio cervical, cuyo resultado reveló una tuberculosis ganglionar. Finalmente se diagnosticó una coinfección por lepra y tuberculosis ganglionar, dos enfermedades producidas por el Mycobacterium, cuya coexistencia es rara.
ABSTRACT
The case report of a 34 year-old patient is described who came to the Dermatology Service due to disseminated pruritic erythematous stains. After 3 months with specific treatment he began to present evening low fevers and painful cervical adenopathies, reason why a baciloscopy was indicated in both elbows and ear pavilions, but the Mycobacterium leprae was not found; besides aspiration biopsy with fine needle of a cervical ganglion was also carried out, which result revealed a ganglionar tuberculosis. Finally a leprosy and tuberculosis ganglionar coinfection was diagnosed, two diseases emerging due to the Mycobacterium, which coexistence is strange.
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Main subject:
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node
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Coinfection
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Leprosy
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medisan
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cuba
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Ciencias Médicas/CU
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