title: [Unusual locations of tuberculosis: three case reports].
abstract: We report three cases of tuberculosis of unusual location in Malagasy patients. The first patient presented with intracardiac tuberculoma during pulmonary tuberculosis. The second patient who had no significant musculoskeletal past medical history presented with tuberculous polymyositis. The remaining one presented with tuberculous epididymitis without involvement of the urinary tract. Diagnosis was histopathological. The outcome was favorable in the two last patients with antituberculous therapy. This report emphasizes the necessary awareness of tuberculosis even in the presence of unusual manifestations in hyper-endemic area of tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine III, CHU JRB, Antananarivo, Madagascar. stephane_ralandison@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ralandison
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rakotoarivelo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rakotovao
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raobison
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andrianteloasy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rakotoarimanana
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rapelanoro Rabenja
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents