By Hemali Bedi Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s top global health challenges. [1] It is both preventable and curable, yet in 2014, 9.6 million people contracted TB and 1.5 million died from the disease. [1] Currently, over 95% of cases and deaths occur in developing countries. [2] March 24th marks World TB Day, […]
Category: TB
TB: Systemic sarcoidosis with caseating granuloma
In this case from Iran the authors tease out a diagnosis of TB from systemic sarcoidosis in a 58 year old woman. Seema Biswas Editor-in-Chief Systemic sarcoidosis with caseating granuloma […]
TB: Crohn’s disease or TB – the perennial question and diagnostic pitfalls
Here the authors describe a case of a non-healing perianal abscess in a patient from Saudi Arabia which finally responds to TB treatment… Seema Biswas Editor-in-Chief Crohn’s disease or TB – the perennial question and diagnostic pitfalls […]
TB: Coincident intra-abdominal presentation of lymphoma and tuberculosis after long-term iatrogenic immunosuppression
A patient on long term therapy for Crohn’s disease presents acutely with bowel obstruction. Laparotomy and bowel resection is performed. Histopathological examination reveals a sinister cause… Seema Biswas Editor-in-Chief Coincident intra-abdominal presentation of lymphoma and tuberculosis after long-term iatrogenic immunosuppression […]
TB: Pseudodementia due to intracranial tuberculomas
This report summarises a case history of a 25-year-old woman with a well known complication of tuberculosis, intracranial tuberculoma, manifest clinically with a depressed conscious level and cognitive slowness (“pseudodementia”) a few months after the initiation of anti-TB therapy. CT scan showed several tuberculoma with surrounding oedema. After re-institution of prednisolone the symptoms subside. The […]
TB: Paraspinal sinuses? Do remember renal tuberculosis.
Declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation in 1993, over one third of population of the world is infected with TB and 7% of all deaths in the developing world are attributed to TB. We present a series of cases that illustrate the varied presentations of TB. ————————————————————————————————- A small proportion of […]