Watch out for Abdominal Pain in HIV-AIDS Patients: Abdominal Tuberculosis

作     者：María Rodríguez-Santiago Luis Alvarez-Pérez José Gaudier-Díaz Pedro Gil-De Rubio Natalia Hernández-Cuevas José Colón-Márquez María Rodríguez-Santiago;Luis Alvarez-Pérez;José Gaudier-Díaz;Pedro Gil-De Rubio;Natalia Hernández-Cuevas;José Colón-Márquez

作者机构：Department of Internal Medicine University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine San Juan Puerto Rico 

出 版 物：《Case Reports in Clinical Medicine》 (临床医学病理报告（英文）)

年 卷 期：2020年第9卷第12期

页      面：392-398页

学科分类：100208[医学-临床检验诊断学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Abdominal Pain Abdominal Tuberculosis (ATB) Diagnosing ATB HIV/AIDS 

摘      要：Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) is the TB involving organs other than lungs. The diagnosis of EPTB can be difficult, as suspicion is challenging, because it presents with nonspecific clinical features and atypical presentation. Furthermore, patients with HIV may present with fever of unknown origin (FUO) as the only symptom. We present a clinical case of a 49 years old Puertorrican female with HIV-AIDS and no high-risk behavior with an abdominal pain and fever. The investigation confirmed an Abdominal Tuberculosis. This case emphasizes the need to add Abdominal tuberculosis (ATB) within the differential diagnosis and discuss the diagnostic process.