Primary tuberculous abscess of chest wall in a young immunocompetent female

Authors

  • Menal Gupta
  • Lipika Singhal
  • Jagdish Chander

Keywords:

Chest wall abscess, Extrapulmonary, Tuberculosis

Abstract

Chest wall tuberculosis (TB) is rarely reported in immunocompetent individuals and is usually a part of disseminated disease. A tuberculous abscess may mimic pyogenic abscess and unless strongly suspected, tuberculous etiology may be missed due to paucibacillary nature of extrapulmonary lesions. Molecular diagnostic tests can prove useful by providing a rapid and accurate diagnosis in such cases. We present here a case of chest wall tuberculous abscess without any evidence of immunosuppression or previous history of TB.

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Published

2018-02-26

How to Cite

Primary tuberculous abscess of chest wall in a young immunocompetent female. (2018). Indian Journal of Case Reports, 4(1), 53-55. https://mansapublishers.com/index.php/ijcr/article/view/756

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