Tubercular Splenic Abscess with Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Child: A Rare Case Report

Dr. Tarun Singh (1) , Dr.Chirag Sundesha DNB Resident (2) , Dr.N. K. Sharma, Director and chief Radiologist (3) , Dr.Deepak Gupta , Senior Consultant Pediatrics (4) , Dr.Mukesh Yadav, Senior Consultant Pediatrics (5) , Dr.Anju Bhatia, Senior Consultant Radiology (6) , Dr.Ajay Kumar, DNB Resident (7)
(1) Department of Pediatrics,Venkateshwar Hospital, Dwarka,New Delhi , India
(2) Department of Pediatrics, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital ,New Delhi , India
(3) National MRI Scan Centre, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi , India
(4) Department of Pediatrics, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital ,New Delhi , India
(5) Department of Pediatrics, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital ,New Delhi , India
(6) Department of Pediatrics, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital ,New Delhi , India
(7) Department of Pediatrics, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital ,New Delhi , India

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Vol. 4 No. 07 (2021)
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    Splenic Tuberculosis, immunocompetent, gastrointestinal, splenic abscess, child
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Background:Tuberculosis(TB)isamajorhealthprobleminIndia.Tuberculosisisalethalinfectiousdiseasethatstillremainsamajorthreatindevelopingcountries.TBmanifestswithdiverseclinicalsymptomsmostcommonlyaspulmonaryTB.SplenicTBusuallyoccursasapartofmiliaryTBinimmunocompromisedpatientsandrarelyasanisolatedsplenicTBinanimmunocompetentindividual.Patientssusceptibletoacquiringsplenictuberculosisusuallyhavesomeriskfactorssuchasimmunosuppression,pyogenicinfections,splenicabnormalities,priortraumatospleenandsicklecelldisease.Wehavereportedararecaseof11yearboywhopresentedwithtubercularsplenicabscessalongwithfeaturesofgastrointestinaltuberculosis.

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Dr. Tarun Singh
Department of Pediatrics,Venkateshwar Hospital, Dwarka,New Delhi
tarun.8s86@gmail.com (Primary Contact)
Dr.Chirag Sundesha DNB Resident
Department of Pediatrics, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital ,New Delhi
Dr.N. K. Sharma, Director and chief Radiologist
National MRI Scan Centre, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi
Dr.Deepak Gupta , Senior Consultant Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital ,New Delhi
Dr.Mukesh Yadav, Senior Consultant Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital ,New Delhi
Dr.Anju Bhatia, Senior Consultant Radiology
Department of Pediatrics, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital ,New Delhi
Dr.Ajay Kumar, DNB Resident
Department of Pediatrics, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital ,New Delhi
Singh, D. T. ., DNB Resident, D. S. ., Director and chief Radiologist, D. K. S. ., Senior Consultant Pediatrics, D. G. , Senior Consultant Pediatrics, D. Y. ., Senior Consultant Radiology, D. B., & DNB Resident, D. K. . (2022). Tubercular Splenic Abscess with Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Child: A Rare Case Report. Journal of Medical Case Reports and Reviews, 4(07). Retrieved from http://jmcrr.info/index.php/jmcrr/article/view/134
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