Extrapulmonary TB or sarcoidosis associated with TB? Case report

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https://doi.org/10.17058/reci.v8i4.12860

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tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, arthritis

Abstract

Objectives: The present report aims to discuss the differential diagnosis between tuberculosis and sarcoidosis. Case description: The case of a 25-year-old male patient who developed granulomatous arthritis and osteomyelitis with nonnecrotizing granulomatous inflammation suggesting a sarcoidosis. Twenty-four months before this report, he had positive laboratory results to pulmonary tuberculosis, however, he was not treated. Conclusion: This case report demonstrates how necessary is the follow-up of patient after the performance of a diagnostic testing to tuberculosis, and the challenge to confirm a diagnosis of sarcoidosis in a patient with tuberculosis.

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2018-12-01

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CASE REPORT

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Extrapulmonary TB or sarcoidosis associated with TB? Case report. (2018). Revista De Epidemiologia E Controle De Infecção, 8(4), 489-491. https://doi.org/10.17058/reci.v8i4.12860