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Diagnostic delay in ankle and foot tuberculosis resulting in tuberculoma and tuberculous meningitis in a middle-aged female: A case report
| العنوان: | Diagnostic delay in ankle and foot tuberculosis resulting in tuberculoma and tuberculous meningitis in a middle-aged female: A case report |
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| المؤلفون: | Swai, Hedwiga F, Moledina, Sibtain M, Nsato, Sylvia B, Mgunya, Amina, Rugemalila, Joan, Byemelwa, Veridiana, Ismail, Sharon, Chale, Pauline, Mwapule, Luth, Masao, Alex, Tarimo, Jude, Meda, Amunga, Muhali, Fatuma, Shoo, May, Uiso, Eva, Rwezaura, Stella, Minja, Eliaichi, Beda, Deogratius, Nyagabona, Sarah K, Kisanga, Onesmo, Salehe, Sayan, Chiwanga, Faraja, Mwemba, Said, Rwegasha, John, Shayo, Grace |
| المصدر: | SAGE Open Medical Case Reports ; volume 12 ; ISSN 2050-313X 2050-313X |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| الوصف: | A middle-aged woman presents with chronic foot arthritis which progressed to a non-healing ulcer, which was unresponsive to conventional antibiotics and debridement. She then developed cerebral manifestations and was empirically treated with antitubercular medications which led to healing of the ulcer. Unfortunately, delays in initiating treatment resulted in development of other extrapulmonary tuberculosis complications such as cerebral tuberculoma with tuberculous meningitis. She was subsequently diagnosed with neurocysticercosis which continued to worsen during her hospital stay. She eventually succumbed to her illness due to the complications and a possible nosocomial infection. This case highlights the challenges with diagnosis of uncommon presentations of common diseases in an endemic area, leading to diagnostic delays and development of serious complications. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2050313x241274223 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2050313X241274223 |
| الاتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313x241274223 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2050313X241274223 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/2050313X241274223 |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.70D37013 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2050313x241274223 |
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