Isolated anterior mediastinal tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient

• Main Authors: Maguire, S., Chotirmall, Sanjay Haresh, Parihar, V., Cormican, L., Ryan, C., O’Keane, C, Redmond, K., Smyth, C.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Tuberculosis; Mass; Mediastinal; Mycobacterium; Atypical
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82587; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40197
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: The differential diagnosis of a mediastinal mass is a common challenge in clinical practice, with a wide range of differential diagnosis to be considered. One of the rarer causes is tuberculosis. Atypical presentations of tuberculosis are well documented in immunocompromised patients, bu...