Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis- An Overview of Five Cases

Patient with Pulmonary and Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis' Involvement – A Case Report

“…TB accounts for millions of cases of active disease and deaths worldwide. Its epidemiology has been modified by the introduction of effective chemotherapy, the HIV epidemic and immigration spreads [3,4] . Though more commonly infecting the pulmonary system, TB can also manifest as extrapulmonary tuberculosis affecting the lymph nodes, gastrointestinal, skeletal, cardiac, genitourinary, and nervous systems and the eye.…”

“…Pulmonary TB, the most common and extended form of TB, although an ancient disease for which worldwide strategies have been applied to eradicate it, it still poses serious challenges to public health. At the same time, non pulmonary sites can be found in the lymph nodes, skeletal system, gastrointestinal tract, central nervous system, skin and eye [1,2,3] . More so, diagnosis of extra-pulmonary TB is complicated due to the variety of presentations and multiple differential diagnoses that need to be excluded.…”