A Case of Miliary Tuberculosis During Pregnancy.
- Author:
Su Kyoung KIM
1
;
Jung Hwan SHIN
;
Yong Soo SEO
;
Jae Suck YANG
;
Cheol Hong PARK
;
Seo Yoo HONG
;
Eun Joo PARK
;
Sung Seung SHIN
;
Won Il PARK
;
Jin Yong LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. obdrseo@eulji.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Miliary tuberculosis;
Pregnancy
- MeSH:
Abortion, Therapeutic;
Alcoholism;
Drug Therapy;
Early Diagnosis;
Female;
HIV;
Humans;
Pregnancy*;
Risk Factors;
Substance Abuse, Intravenous;
Tuberculosis;
Tuberculosis, Miliary*
- From:Korean Journal of Perinatology
2005;16(3):260-265
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Although miliary tuberculosis is uncommon during pregnancy. it is often associated with a maternal history of intravenous drug abuse, malignancy, alcoholism, or human immunodeficiency virus infection, and it is difficult to diagnose when associated with pregnancy. There is no solid evidence that pregnancy has an adverse effect on tuberculosis, thus routine therapeutic abortion is not indicated. If the early diagnosis and promptly adequate chemotherapy was done, the outcome of pregnancy in a women with miliary tuberculosis is likely to be good. Recently we have experienced a case of miliary tuberculosis at 20 weeks gestation without any risk factors of tuberculosis. So we report this case with a brief review of literature.
