A rare case of facial palsy caused by Tuberculosis in 1 month old infant
Keywords:
Tuberculosis in infants, Lymphadenopathy, Facial Palsy
Abstract
Tuberculous presenting in early infancy is rare. Most expectant mothers with TB are asymptomatic & were discovered to have tuberculosis only after the diagnosis in their infant was made. We report an infant who presented with fever, Right sided cervical mass with ipsilateral LMN type facial palsy with ear discharge whose evaluation revealed Tuberculous. This report describes probably the youngest infant to be diagnosed with cervical mass of tuberculous origin presenting with facial paralysis.
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5. Mazade MA, Evans EM, Starke JR, Correa AG. Congenital tuberculosis presenting as sepsis syndrome: case report and review of the literature. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Apr;20(4):439-42. [PubMed]
6. Smith CK. Congenital tuberculosis: a rare manifestation of a common infection. Curr Opin Infect Dis 2002 Jun ; 15(3):269–74. [PubMed]
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13. Skolnik PR, Nadol JB Jr, Sullivan B. Tuberculosis of the middle ear. Review of the literature with an instructive case report. Rev Infect Dis. 1986 May-Jun;8(3):403-10.
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DOI: 10.17511/ijmrr.2015.i4.077
Published: 2015-05-31
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Nathani AA, Chandran R, Parakh H. A rare case of facial palsy caused by Tuberculosis in 1 month old infant. Int J Med Res Rev [Internet]. 2015May31 [cited 2024May3];3(4):441-3. Available from: https://ijmrr.medresearch.in/index.php/ijmrr/article/view/256
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