An atypical localisation of tuberculosis infection in patients undergoing haemodialysis: a case report.
Spinal tuberculosis (TB) is a rare skeletal system localisation of TB in haemodialysis patients. In this paper, a case of Pott's disease with a psoas muscle abscess is reported. The patient had been on the dialysis programme for five years and was complaining of back pain, weight loss and weakness, which were investigated. A thoracolumbar magnetic resonance imaging showed multiple paravertebral abscesses invading the psoas muscle. TB diagnosis was made by microbiological analysis of specimen, which was obtained by fine needle aspiration under computerised tomography guidance.
Kayabasi
Hasan
H
Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, Dicle University Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, Turkey. drkayabasi@yahoo.com
Sit
Dede
D
Kadiroglu
Ali Kemal
AK
Yilmaz
Zulfukar
Z
Bukte
Yasar
Y
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology