title: [An autopsy case of atypical mycobacteriosis accompanied with chest wall deformity].
abstract: An autopsy case of 63-year old male of atypical mycobacteriosis with severe scoliosis was reported. He was diagnosed as atypical mycobacteriosis in 1981 and controlled by antimycobacterial treatment. But since 1989, dyspnea and sputum have been increasing, new abnormal shadow in company with progression of curvature of the scoliosis was revealed on the chest roentgenogram. In spite of various treatments for mycobacteriosis, he died of respiratory failure. The aggravation of this mycobacteriosis brought on advancement of malnutrition and impairment of cell mediated immunity. Findings of autopsy showed the remarkable chest wall deformity and tuberculous change of the lung parenchyma. In this case, chest deformity was thought as the major risk factor of onset of mycobacterial mycobacteriosis.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugahara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomoda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoneda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ako
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsukaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokuyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Narita
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications; D013909:Thorax / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*