Active Tuberculosis With Rapidly-Growing Pulmonary Lesion in a Hospitalized Dermatomyositis Patient Below Age 40
- VernacularTitle:皮膚筋炎の入院治療中に発症し急速な肺病変の増大を認めた若年者結核の1例
- Author:
Kohei FUJITA
1
;
Makoto NAKAO
1
;
Ayano WATANABE
2
;
Mamoru SUGIHARA
1
;
Sosuke ARAKAWA
1
;
Yusuke SAKAI
1
;
Yuto SUZUKI
1
;
Hidefumi SATO
1
;
Kaneshige SASAKI
2
;
Hideki MURAMATSU
1
Author Information
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2020;69(2):165-170
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: A 38-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with fever and skin rash, and he was diagnosed as having dermatomyositis. He was treated with anti-inflammatory steroid and immunosuppressive agents. On hospital day 48, chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a nodule measuring approximately 2 cm in size in the lower lobe of the right lung (S9). Bacterial and/or fungal infection was suspected, but there was no response to antibiotic or antifungal treatment. A week later, repeat chest CT revealed the tumor now measuring approximately 6 cm in size in the lower lobe of the right lung. We performed bronchoscopy, and bacteriological examination of the transbronchial biopsy specimen revealed pulmonary tuberculosis. Interferongamma release assay (IGRA) before the initiation of immunosuppressive treatment was negative, so we did not administer treatment for latent tuberculosis infection. He was, however, treated with isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide for 9 months, following which radiological features improved gradually. Here we describe in detail this rare case of a negative IGRA result before immunosuppressive therapy in a relatively young Japanese man who went on to develop active tuberculosis with a rapidly-growing pulmonary lesion during hospitalization.
