Temporary intrathoracic adenopathy in children--a response to infection caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria?

Acta Paediatr. 1996 Apr;85(4):508-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb14073.x.

Abstract

Two children, 4 and 8 years old, were skin tested with sensitins and found to have indurations of 20 mm. Sensitins are tuberculins deriving from non-tuberculous mycobacteria. The children showed pathological enlargement of mediastinum on chest radiography. They were further examined, and no findings supported malignancy nor tuberculosis. The chest radiographs were normalizing within a few months. The large sensitin reactions together with the other findings indicate that the children had been infected with non-tuberculous mycobacteria.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymphatic Diseases / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Mediastinal Diseases / microbiology*
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology*
  • Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / microbiology*
  • Mycobacterium scrofulaceum*
  • Radiography
  • Skin Tests