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Saturday 20 May 2023

CASE 683: A TB CASE: Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr TRẦN THỊ TRÚC PHƯƠNG, MEDIC MEDIC CENTER, HCMC, VIỆT NAM

 A 29 year-old female  patient in a general chek-up for a preparation of a study abroad.

Ultrasound detects lymph nodes in her mesentery in the abdomen and on her neck # 5-25 mm in suspecting TB infiltrating type. Also a slight thickening of wall of colon is noted.




Report of the neck lymph node full biopsy is an TB  infected node.



 

A colonoendoscopy performs shows findings of ulcerative colitis from the cecum to the transverse colon due to TB infected.



A TB regimen is planned for the patient, and during 2 months of TB management, her status is getting better, that is proven by the clear chest X-Ray and decreasing of lymph node in size and numeration.






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