Musculoskeletal Tuberculosis Presenting as Isolated Tuberculous Gumma in an Immunocompetent Patient
| Author | Taehoon Ahn | en |
| Author | Seon-Kwan Juhng | en |
| Author | Guy Mok Lee | en |
| Author | Heon Soo Kim | en |
| Issued Date | 2018-04-30 | en |
| Abstract | A 57-year-old woman with no significant past medical history and normal immunity presented with a slowly growing mass on her finger. MR imaging showed a low signal intensity soft tissue mass on both T1- and T2- weighted images with peripheral contrast enhancement. The mass was diagnosed as chronic granulomatous inflammation with caseous necrosis histopathologically and also Mycobacterium tuberculosis by a polymerase chain reaction about the tissue specimen. Authors thought that it was tuberculous gumma presented in an immunocompetent patient. This paper reports a rare case of tuberculous gumma with radiologic findings in an immunocompetent patient. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/iranjradiol.59213 | en |
| Keyword | Tuberculous Gumma | en |
| Keyword | Immunocompetency | en |
| Keyword | MRI | en |
| Keyword | Soft Tissue Mass | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Musculoskeletal Tuberculosis Presenting as Isolated Tuberculous Gumma in an Immunocompetent Patient | en |
| Type | Case Report | en |