Empiema necessitatis y tuberculosis diseminada en un paciente adulto inmunocompetente: reporte de casoAlejandra Bendezú Chacaltana 1,a RESUMENLa tuberculosis diseminada es rara en el huésped inmunocompetente. Resulta de la diseminación linfohematógena de Mycobacterium tuberculosis durante la tuberculosis primaria y postprimaria. Este es un reporte de caso de un paciente varón que ingresa al hospital por presentar signos clásicos de proceso infeccioso a nivel pulmonar y articular, además de presentar una masa en la pared torácica anterior derecha y colección pleural derecha. Pensándose que se trataba de un empiema necessitatis, una extensión de líquido pleural purulento a través de tejidos adyacentes que forman un absceso en la pared torácica, se decide su hospitalización. Empiema necessitatis es un hallazgo raro en la actualidad. Tuberculosis es la causa más común de empiema necessitatis.Palabras claves: Empiema; tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; adulto (Fuente: DeCS BIREME). Empyema necessitans and disseminated tuberculosis in an immunocompetent adult patient: a case report ABSTRACTDisseminated tuberculosis is a rare condition in immunocompetent hosts. It results from lymphohematogenous spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during both primary and postprimary tuberculosis. This is a case report of a male patient admitted to our hospital for typical clinical signs of infectious disease affecting lungs and joints, and a right anterior chest wall mass and right-sided pleural effusion. It was thought that he had empyema necessitans, an extension of purulent pleural fluid through adjacent tissues forming an abscess on the thoracic wall, so he was hospitalized. Nowadays, empyema necessitans is a rare clinical finding. Tuberculosis is the most common cause of empyema necessitans.
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