Osteoartropatia hipertrófica associada a tuberculose pulmonar: relato de caso

In this article the authors report a case of a patient with hypertrophic osteoarthropathy associated with pulmonary tuberculosis. This disorder is a rare complication of tuberculosis and may be associated with severe and fulminant disease. The imaging methods used in the diagnosis of this disease included lower limbs radiographies that showed bilateral periosteal reaction, and chest radiographies and computed tomography that revealed a mass in the upper lobe of the right lung. Although a fine needle aspiration was suggestive of tuberculosis, the definitive diagnosis was made after thoracotomy and hystopathological examination of the mass. The patient presented symptomatic and radiological improvement after treatment of tuberculosis