Patial Tushar, Singh Gopal, Thakur Digvijay, Chaddha Sahil
Department of Surgery, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Medical Student, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Int J Mycobacteriol. 2017 Apr-Jun;6(2):207-209. doi: 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_15_17.
Tubercular infection of hydatid cyst of the chest wall in an immunocompetent individual is rare. Immune modulation for symbiosis between host cells and the parasite - Echinococcus granulosus favors tubercular infection. In this case report, we describe a case of both these chronic diseases coexisting together, to present as chest wall mass.
免疫功能正常个体的胸壁包虫囊肿合并结核感染较为罕见。宿主细胞与寄生虫——细粒棘球绦虫之间的免疫调节有利于结核感染。在本病例报告中,我们描述了这两种慢性病同时存在并表现为胸壁肿块的病例。