CASE REPORT
Year : 2018 | Volume
: 29 | Issue : 3 | Page : 719--722
Multiple tuberculomas invading the central nervous system as a paradoxical reaction in a kidney transplantation recipient
Yaerim Kim1, Sang Pyo Kim2, Seungyeup Han3
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
2 Department of Pathology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
3 Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Keimyung University Kidney Institution, Daegu, Korea
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Seungyeup Han
Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Keimyung University Kidney Institute, Jung-gu, Daegu 41931
Korea
A paradoxical reaction during anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) therapy is commonly reported in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, a similar reaction to anti-TB therapy can also occur in patients without HIV, especially in patients who have undergone solid organ transplantation. A 65-year-old woman who underwent kidney transplantation six months prior presented to our emergency room with progressive paraparesis. She had been diagnosed with drug-susceptible miliary TB and had undergone two weeks of treatment with anti-TB medication. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a spinal intramedullary mass and multiple intracranial nodules. The etiology of the lesions was confirmed as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We report a paradoxical reaction of spinal intramedullary and multiple intracranial tuberculomas in a patient with miliary TB who had received appropriate treatment for more than two weeks.
How to cite this article:
Kim Y, Kim SP, Han S. Multiple tuberculomas invading the central nervous system as a paradoxical reaction in a kidney transplantation recipient.Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl 2018;29:719-722
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How to cite this URL:
Kim Y, Kim SP, Han S. Multiple tuberculomas invading the central nervous system as a paradoxical reaction in a kidney transplantation recipient. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl [serial online] 2018 [cited 2022 Aug 9 ];29:719-722
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