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Case Report

Korean J Pediatr. 2007;50(11):1134-1138. Published online November 15, 2007.

Three cases of pulmonary and/or intestinal tuberculosis in adolescents

Jung Hye JH Byeon¹, Yoon Y Lee¹, Jin Chul JC Lee¹, Young Y Yoo¹, Kee Hyoung KH Lee¹, Kwang Chul KC Lee¹, Ji Tae JT Choung¹, Soo Youn SY Ham², Chul Whan CW Kim³

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence Young Y Yoo ,Email: yoolina@korea.ac.kr

Abstract

Since the tuberculosis (TB) in adolescents has unique clinical characteristics, special attention should be paid to this age group. Adolescents are more susceptible to developing TB disease and more likely to have cavitary pulmonary disease. Also, adolescent patients with TB more frequently present with extrapulmonary disease. We report three adolescents with active pulmonary and/or intestinal TB: one had pulmonary and intestinal TB, another had a pulmonary TB, and the third exclusively had an intestinal TB. Diagnosis was confirmed by pathologic examination of the lung and/or intestines. All three patients were treated successfully without complication. A brief review of the literature has been included.

Keywords :Tuberculosis, Adolescents, Pulmonary tuberculosis, Intestinal tuberculosis