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Thursday 6 April 2017

CASE 426: MULTIPLE TUBERCULOSIS ABSCESSES, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM


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Male 26yo with umbilicus swelling and pain.
Abdominal ultrasound   detected  abscess of umbilicus  ( US 1, US 2), liver abcess and  left pleural  abscess.





MSCT  confirmed  abscess  of  left pleural, liver and umbilicus.




Blood tests:   WBC 12k, CRP  normal.



Punction of the umbilicus abscess  withdrawed  white thick pus, high ADA test :104 UI/mL
Conclusion: it is multiple abscesses due to tuberculosis.

Reference: ADA.pdf


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