@article{Garcez_Carvalho_Antunes_Gonçalves_Moreira_Antunes_2016, place={Porto, Portugal}, title={A PEDIATRIC CASE OF MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS: RARE FINDINGS AND ATYPICAL COURSE}, volume={25}, url={https://revistas.rcaap.pt/nascercrescer/article/view/10085}, DOI={10.25753/BirthGrowthMJ.v25.i3.10085}, abstractNote={<p align="justify"><strong>Bachground:</strong> Miliary tuberculosis results from lymphohematogenous dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and it’s a severe manifestation of the disease.</p><p align="justify"><strong>Case report:</strong> A nine-year old girl was admitted to our hospital with persistent fever. Acute miliary tuberculosis was diagnosed after chest radiography revealing diffuse, bilateral, small lung nodules, tubercular choroiditis in the right eye and positive acid-fast bacilli in gastric aspirate. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed several small nodular lesions consistent with tuberculomas. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was identified in gastric aspirate cultures. Fever and positive acid-fast bacilli in gastric aspirate persisted after more than 40 days of therapy. It was excluded human immunodeficiency virus infection. No complications were reported. Later, clinical outcome was good.</p><p align="justify"><strong>Discussion:</strong> Tuberculosis remains a relevant diagnosis in children with prolonged fever. The classic image on chest radiography, tubercular choroiditis and the presence of acid-fast bacilli in gastric aspirate were essential in making a prompt diagnosis and appropriate implementation of therapy. It emphasized the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for a condition that is treatable.</p>}, number={3}, journal={NASCER E CRESCER - BIRTH AND GROWTH MEDICAL JOURNAL}, author={Garcez, Carla Gomes and Carvalho, Susana and Antunes, Ana and Gonçalves, Augusta and Moreira, Carla and Antunes, Henedina}, year={2016}, month={Sep.}, pages={182–186} }