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Rev. diagn. biol ; 54(3): 242-244, jul.-sept. 2005. ilus, tab
Article in Es | IBECS | ID: ibc-042883

ABSTRACT

Se presenta un caso de un paciente de 44 años cuyas manifestacionesclínicas fueron diversos derrames pleurales y ascíticosen cuyo examen microscópico se evidenció la presencia decristales de colesterol. Tras descartar posibles etiologías comoel LES, mixedema u origen tumoral, el paciente fue diagnosticadode tuberculosis con afectación extrapulmonar, respondiendoeficazmente al tratamiento.El interés de este caso es resaltar la aparición de cristalesde colesterol en un líquido ascítico en un caso de tuberculosisextrapulmonar, hecho escasamente documentado en la literaturamédica


We report the case of a male aged 44 years, with severalepisodes of pleural and ascitic effusion whose microscopycalstudy showed cholesterol crystals. Systemic lupus erythematosus,mixedema or tumoral etiologies were ruled out and thepatient was diagnosed of extra pulmonary tuberculosis and theantituberculosis therapy was successful.The relevant finding in the case was the presence of cholesterolcrystals in the ascitic effusion in a case of extra pulmonarytuberculosis which has been rarely reported in the medicalliterature


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Male , Adult , Humans , Cholesterol/isolation & purification , Ascitic Fluid/chemistry , Tuberculosis/diagnosis , Diagnosis, Differential , Pleural Effusion/etiology , Pericardial Effusion/etiology
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