Tuberculosis after renal transplantation: a case report.
Renal transplant recipients are susceptible to a variety of infections with both common and opportunistic pathogens as a result of immunosuppressive therapy. We report herein a case of a 32-year-old female renal transplant recipient who developed pulmonary tuberculosis with supraglotic mass causing suffocation, 1.7 years after undergoing renal transplantation. She responded well to a combination of tracheostomy and antituberculous therapy. Although tuberculosis is a common infection in transplant recipients, its presentation as a supraglotic mass is unusual.
Renal Transplant Center, Medical City Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq. omarsalemk@yahoo.com
Omar Salem
OS
Khattab
Omar Abdulwahid
OA
Theeb
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology*