Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting as Baker’s Cyst Infection
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Najwa Pervin; Sami Akram; Tamer Hudali; Mukul Bhattarai; Sana Waqar
- Source
- Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Vol 2017 (2017)
- Subject
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2090-6625
2090-6633
In the absence of coexisting immunocompromised state and lack of specific symptoms a reactivation of treated mycobacterial tuberculosis (MTB) infection is generally not considered in the differential diagnosis of leg pain. We present a unique case of disseminated tuberculosis presenting as an infected Baker’s cyst in a 73-year-old immunocompetent male.