Here, we report a case of a febrile patient with primary bilateral adrenalitis who was successfully treated with an antituberculous regimen Primary isolated tubercular adrenalitis is a very rare clinical entity but it should be considered in cases of fever and enlargement of the adrenal glands Integration of radiological pattern data with epidemiological, clinical and immunological data has high accuracy and specificity, even without histological examination
Diagnostic and therapeutic approach in a rare case of primary bilateral adrenal tuberculosis / Del Borgo, C.; Urigo, C.; Marocco, Raffaella; Belvisi, V.; Pisani, L.; Citton, R.; Cianni, R.; Soscia, F.; Lichtner, Miriam; Mastroianni, Claudio Maria. - In: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-2615. - STAMPA. - 59:12(2010), pp. 1527-1529. [10.1099/jmm.0.020461-0]
Diagnostic and therapeutic approach in a rare case of primary bilateral adrenal tuberculosis
MAROCCO, RAFFAELLA;V. Belvisi;LICHTNER, Miriam;MASTROIANNI, Claudio Maria
2010
Abstract
Here, we report a case of a febrile patient with primary bilateral adrenalitis who was successfully treated with an antituberculous regimen Primary isolated tubercular adrenalitis is a very rare clinical entity but it should be considered in cases of fever and enlargement of the adrenal glands Integration of radiological pattern data with epidemiological, clinical and immunological data has high accuracy and specificity, even without histological examinationI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
