title: Miliary tuberculosis accompanying paravertebral tuberculosis abscess in an adolescent.
abstract: Although miliary tuberculosis (TB) is well known, the incidence of miliary TB accompanying paravertebral abscess is extremely rare in adolescent children. We report a case of paravertebral TB abscess and miliary TB in a 17-year-old male initially presenting with fever, general weakness, back pain, sweating, cough, dyspnea and weight loss. The patient was diagnosed as paravertebral TB abscess and miliary TB. The anti-tuberculous drugs were started and the follow-up imaging showed that the lesions had disappeared without surgery. Although seldom observed, TB should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of paravertebral abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
authors.forename: Canan Eren
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Dagli
authors.forename: Ekrem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guler
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bakan
authors.forename: Nurhan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Atilla
authors.forename: Nurhan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koksal
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents