Disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection appearing as a panniculitis.
A 34-year-old woman had wide-spread panniculitis due to a disseminated infection with Mycobacteria avium-intracellulare. The patient had previously received treatment with high dosages of corticosteroids. Suppurative lesions teeming with acid-fast bacilli and without formation of granulomas were found in many organs, including the skin, mediastinum, spleen, liver, and gastrointestinal tract. Both the appearance of disseminated M avium-intracellular infection resembling panniculitis and the involvement of mediastinum have not previously been reported, to our knowledge.
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010201:Panniculitis, Nodular Nonsuppurative / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones