A boy aged fourteen years presented in May 1963 with a left axillary abscess. This had developed seven weeks before, four days after his left hand had been bitten by a pet rabbit, which was kept in an enclosure with hens. The abscess was incised but the pus was not cultared. In December 1963 he was seen by a paediatrician because the abscess was still draining, and there was a complaint of back...

PURPOSE To report an unusual presentation of tuberculosis. CASE REPORT A six-year old boy presented with left upper lid swelling of 15 days' duration and an asymptomatic midline neck mass from 2 months ago. Imaging studies, and microbiologic tests which demonstrated acid-fast bacilli in the fine needle aspirate of the thyroid mass, both confirmed a diagnosis of cold tuberculous thyroid absces...

Unusual case of endotracheal tube obstruction by caseous necrotic material Sir, Tuberculosis is a social disease with medical implications. In spinal tuberculosis, surgery is performed for either deformities and neurologic deficits and/or drainage of cold abscess. Endotracheal intubation is the cornerstone in the anesthesia practice; however, the tube itself may become a source of airway obstru...

Hepatosplenic tuberculosis (HST), rarely encountered in surgical practice, is seen in-patients with disseminated tuberculosis. A 20-year-old female presenting with pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) was subsequently diagnosed to have lymph-nodal tuberculosis with involvement of liver and spleen. Despite anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) for 3 months, clinical improvement did not occur and fever pe...

the (bacille calmette-gue´rin) bcg is widely practiced in many countries in pediatric group and is a part of routine vaccination program at birth in ir. iran for prophylaxis against tuberculosis, but its efficacy is a matter of debate in different geographic and ethnic regions. adverse reactions induced by bcg vaccination ranges from bcg adenitis, osteitis, and cold abscess at vaccination site ...