Splenic tuberculosis associated with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and pericarditis.
Hong Kong Med J
; 15(4): 291-3, 2009 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-19652238
ABSTRACT
Tuberculosis usually affects the respiratory system, but it may present atypically involving multiple systems, extrapulmonary systems, and manifest as a protein disorder. Here we report a case of splenic tuberculosis associated with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, and pericarditis. The diagnosis, confirmed by a plugged biopsy of the spleen, precluded the need for splenectomy in this patient and allowed prompt initiation of treatment, thereby avoiding the complications of tuberculous pericarditis and splenic infection.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Paraproteinemias
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Pericarditis
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Tuberculosis Esplénica
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hong Kong Med J
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Hong Kong