In Italy 3.5% of all cases of tuberculosis occur in pediatric age, with a grater incidence (about ten-fold) among children of immigrants. We describe the case of an Indonesian child resident in Italy, whose anamnesis showed neither a family history of tuberculosis nor an obvious exposure to this disease. The child was hospitalized in our Department for persistent fever, and cervical lymphadenopathy, and was diagnosed as having active tuberculosis only after a long diagnostic work-up. In addition to the common apical localization, lung injury was characterised by bronchiectasis involving both lungs, probably due to a process of traction.
In Italy 3.5% of all cases of tuberculosis occur in pediatric age, with a grater incidence (about ten-fold) among children of immigrants. We describe the case of an Indonesian child resident in Italy, whose anamnesis showed neither a family history of tuberculosis nor an obvious exposure to this disease. The child was hospitalized in our Department for persistent fever, and cervical lymphadenopathy, and was diagnosed as having active tuberculosis only after a long diagnostic work-up. In addition to the common apical localization, lung injury was characterised by bronchiectasis involving both lungs, probably due to a process of traction.
A rare case of pediatric tuberculosis associated with diffuse bilateral bronchiectasis
VITALITI G;
2007
Abstract
In Italy 3.5% of all cases of tuberculosis occur in pediatric age, with a grater incidence (about ten-fold) among children of immigrants. We describe the case of an Indonesian child resident in Italy, whose anamnesis showed neither a family history of tuberculosis nor an obvious exposure to this disease. The child was hospitalized in our Department for persistent fever, and cervical lymphadenopathy, and was diagnosed as having active tuberculosis only after a long diagnostic work-up. In addition to the common apical localization, lung injury was characterised by bronchiectasis involving both lungs, probably due to a process of traction.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
