Paucisymptomatic pulmonary and right ear tuberculosis in young woman suffering from anorexia and bulimia nervosa

Francesco Giuseppe Garaci, MD, PhD; Erald Vasili, MD; Francesco Bocchinfuso, MD; Adriano Lacchè, MD; Vittorio Nardone, MD; Carlo Di Donna, MD; Luigi Spiritigliozzi, MD; Roberto Floris, MD, PhD

Radiology Case Reports (Mar 2019)

Paucisymptomatic pulmonary and right ear tuberculosis in young woman suffering from anorexia and bulimia nervosa

Francesco Giuseppe Garaci, MD, PhD,
Erald Vasili, MD,
Francesco Bocchinfuso, MD,
Adriano Lacchè, MD,
Vittorio Nardone, MD,
Carlo Di Donna, MD,
Luigi Spiritigliozzi, MD,
Roberto Floris, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Francesco Giuseppe Garaci, MD, PhD: Tor Vergata University, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Radiology, Viale Montpellier, 1, postal code 00133, Rome, Italy
Erald Vasili, MD: Corresponding author.; Tor Vergata University, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Radiology, Viale Montpellier, 1, postal code 00133, Rome, Italy
Francesco Bocchinfuso, MD: Tor Vergata University, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Radiology, Viale Montpellier, 1, postal code 00133, Rome, Italy
Adriano Lacchè, MD: Tor Vergata University, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Radiology, Viale Montpellier, 1, postal code 00133, Rome, Italy
Vittorio Nardone, MD: Tor Vergata University, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Radiology, Viale Montpellier, 1, postal code 00133, Rome, Italy
Carlo Di Donna, MD: Tor Vergata University, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Radiology, Viale Montpellier, 1, postal code 00133, Rome, Italy
Luigi Spiritigliozzi, MD: Tor Vergata University, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Radiology, Viale Montpellier, 1, postal code 00133, Rome, Italy
Roberto Floris, MD, PhD: Tor Vergata University, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Radiology, Viale Montpellier, 1, postal code 00133, Rome, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 3
pp. 423 – 426

Abstract

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Nowadays tuberculosis has become a reemerging infectious disease due to the many forms of immunodeficiency. Patients with eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia are a susceptible group due to the immune impairment correlated with severe malnutrition and their prevalence and incidence is growing.We describe the case of a 31-year-old woman, with long-standing history of anorexia nervosa and bulimia, diagnosed with advanced pulmonary tuberculosis. This case underlines the importance on never neglecting even the slightest symptoms in patients with malnutrition and never excluding this pathology without a proper investigation. Keywords: Tuberculosis, Anorexia nervosa, Paucisymptomatic

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
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