CASE STUDY ON MULTIPLE TUBERCULOMAS, POTT’s SPINE WITH PULMONARY KOCH’S
MOHAMMAD GAYOOR KHAN *
Elixir Greens, Karond, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
UMAMA YEZDANI
MRM College of Pharmacy, India.
AARTI SINGH KUSHWAH
Truba Institute of Pharmacy, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Tuberculosis is a disease that is caused due to bacteria named Mycobacterium tuberculae which is a harmful bacterium which changes its structure by time and spreads very quickly. They are of 2 types disseminating tuberculosis in which the disease spreads all over the body within no time and the other one is nodal tuberculosis in which there is the formation of lymphomas and the diseased cells are clustered in that node itself. A male patient x of 34 years old was reported with pulmonary tuberculosis 6 months ago and was on regular treatment with AKT4 by DOTS and CAT. The patient has admitted with chief complain of 1 episode of seizures with clenching of teeth with loss of conscious, backache and abdominal pain. After diagnosis, he was detected with multiple CNS tuberculomas, pulmonary Koch’s and hyperbilirubinemia. He was initially taken to primary care hospital for seizure treatment and was shifted to multispecialty hospital for further management.
Keywords: Tuberculosis, bacterium, diagnosis.