title: [Multifocal tuberculosis (palpebral and pleural) in an immunocompetent woman].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tuberculosis of the eyelid and its development in the setting of multifocal tuberculosis is exceptionally rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors report a new observation of multifocal tuberculosis in a non-immunosuppressed woman of 28 years with histologically confirmed pleural and palpebral involvement. A paradoxical reaction was seen following the initiation of anti-tuberculous treatment with appearance of new manifestations (thoracic cold abscesses).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors draw attention to this rare localisation and to the paradoxical reactions during treatment, emphasising the need for early diagnosis to avoid local and remote complications.
authors.affiliation: Service de maladies respiratoires, Hôpital Universitaire Moulay Youssef, Rabat, Maroc. soualhimo@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soualhi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iraqi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belkheiri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zahraoui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaibainou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benamour
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eddine Bourkadi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*