Tuberculosis diseminada en paciente de edad avanzada: reporte de caso

Abstract

Background: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in organs outside the lung, it is mainly related to immunosuppression, generally secondary to the human immunodeficiency virus, this pathology is due to hematogenous or lymphatic dissemination of the bacillus due to a previous infection or its once by reactivation of a latent focus, with subsequent involvement in another organs. Description of the case: A 77-year-old male patient, with Type II Diabetes Mellitus, came with 5 months of evolution, due to presenting lesions at skin level, plus sudden weight loss. Two months ago, he had an intense cough, the sputum smear is negative, however, an increase in the patient's weight loss and an increase in lymph node size at the cervical level can be identified, which is why a lymph node biopsy is performed, which reports extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Conclusion: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is not very common, therefore, despite the advances in medicine, it is not diagnosed on time and can cause the death of the patient.