Multiple choroidal granulomas are a rare presentation of tuberculosis.
This case highlights the possibility of the multicentric presentation of tuberculosis at two rare sites in the same immunocompetent patient, even though the differential diagnosis was coccydynia.
The aim of the study was to characterise the incidence, type and presentation of tuberculosis in pregnancy over a 5-year period in women booked for antenatal care in a District General Hospital located in a high prevalence area in London.
These observations are consistent with what is known about HIV epidemiology in general in India and the clinical presentation of tuberculosis in HIV-infected persons[6], [22].
Although data are limited, extrapulmonary disease is a common presentation of tuberculosis (TB) in Brazil.
A discrete solid nodule at the intervertebral foramen is therefore an unlikely presentation of tuberculosis.
There is increasing evidence to suggest that different Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages cause variations in the clinical presentation of tuberculosis (TB).
During co-morbid presentation of tuberculosis and diabetes both tuberculosis and diabetes outcomes are reported to worsen.
HIV infection and foreign birth are increasingly associated with tuberculosis and understanding their effect on the clinical presentation of tuberculosis is important.
First, CD4 count is related to the severity and clinical presentation of tuberculosis in co-infection, extrapulmonary and disseminated as observed in our study.
