Watch out for Abdominal Pain in HIV-AIDS Patients: Abdominal Tuberculosis

• 作者: José Colón-Márquez José Gaudier-Díaz Luis Alvarez-Pérez María Rodríguez-Santiago Natalia Hernández-Cuevas Pedro Gil-De Rubio
• 来源期刊: 临床医学病理报告(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Abdominal Pain Abdominal Tuberculosis (ATB) Diagnosing ATB HIV/AIDS
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（12）
• 页码范围: 392-398
• 页数: 7页
• 分类号: R44

摘要

Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) is the TB involving organs other than lungs. The diagnosis of EPTB can be difficult, as suspicion is challenging, because it presents with nonspecific clinical features and atypical presentation. Furthermore, patients with HIV may present with fever of unknown origin (FUO) as the only symptom. We present a clinical case of a 49 years old Puertorrican female with HIV-AIDS and no high-risk behavior with an abdominal pain and fever. The investigation confirmed an Abdominal Tuberculosis. This case emphasizes the need to add Abdominal tuberculosis (ATB) within the differential diagnosis and discuss the diagnostic process.