Surgical complications of cervical and mediastinal tuberculous adenitis in an infant.
An infant whose miliary tuberculosis was resolving after five months of chemotherapy developed a tuberculous cervical lymphatic abscess followed shortly thereafter by life-threatening tracheal compression from enlarged tuberculous mediastinal nodes. Both of these complications required surgical drainage. Chemotherapy alone may be ineffective in the management of lymphadenitis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents