Tuberculosis is a common infectious cause of splenic enlargement in developing countries, but tubercular splenic abscesses are a rare presentation, found predominantly in immunocompromised populations. We report a case of tubercular splenic abscesses with isolated splenic vein thrombosis in an immunocompetent person.

We report a 38-year-old Chinese woman with lupus nephritis on peritoneal dialysis and long-term maintenance steroid therapy. This patient developed paradoxical deterioration during anti-tubercular therapy for tuberculous lymphadenitis. The deterioration resolved spontaneously without change to pharmacotherapy. Paradoxical deterioration that may spontaneously resolve is a potential complication ...

Aim: To evaluate pleural fluid Adenosine deaminase as the diagnostic marker for tubercular pleural disease. Patients and Methods:New patients (n=160) with pleural effusion were divided into tubercular (n=92) and non-tubercular (n=68) groups. Non-tubercular group was further divided into patients having exudative effusion (n=46) and patients having transudative effusion (n=22). Patients with exu...

Peripheral gangrene as a manifestation of tuberculosis is very uncommon. An 8 year old male child presented with non-healing ulcer over the sole of left foot, left inguinal tubercular lymphadenopathy with scrofloderma, tubercular pleural effusion and gangrene of the right fore foot. The child improved on antitubercular treatment.

Tubercular esophagocutaneous fistula is a rare entity with only about five cases reported so far. To our best knowledge we herein report first case of tubercular esophagocutaneous fistula in neck of a child with a long tract which responded well to antitubercular treatment.

Bronchiolitis obliterans is an uncommon cause of obstructive airway disease in adults characterised by progressive irreversible airway obstruction. Granulomatous bronchiolitis is a rare entity and tuberculosis presenting as bronchiolitis is distinctly uncommon. The authors present a case of tubercular granulomatous bronchiolitis obliterans, confirmed on histopathology, who responded completely ...