A case of a 42-year-old Filipino male with bilateral lower extremity swelling.

Author: Timbol Edgar Wilson G ; Racaza Geraldine Z ; De Las Alas Jacqueline Michelle G ; Duya Jose Eduardo DL ; Mejia Agnes D
Publication Type:Case report
Keywords: Lymphedema; Edema; Filariasis
MeSH: Human; Male; Adult; Hospitals, General; Anti-bacterial Agents; Suppuration; Tuberculosis; Communicable Diseases; Lower Extremity
From: Acta Medica Philippina 2014;48(4):68-74
CountryPhilippines
Language:English
Abstract:
A 42-year-old male was admitted at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) for a 3-month history of non-healing wound in the medial side of his right leg in spite of multiple antibiotics. The wound worsened with multiple ulcerations and draining sinuses. The wound was shown to have suppurative and granulomatous infiltrates that yielded Mycrobacterium tuberculosis. An algorithm in the approach to a chronic or non-healing wound is discussed.