Disseminated Tuberculosis Presenting as Baker's Cyst Infection

Case Rep Infect Dis. 2017:2017:6527675. doi: 10.1155/2017/6527675. Epub 2017 Jan 10.

Abstract

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.

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