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© 1995 British Society for Rheumatology

case-report

PRIMARY TUBERCULOUS MUSCLE ABSCESS IN A PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

J. BELZUNEGUI, I. PLAZAOLA, E. URIARTE and J. M. PEGO

Rheumatology Unit, Hospital NS Aranzazu Apartado de Correos 477, 20080 San Sebastian, Spain

Correspondence to: Correspondence to: J. Belzunegui, Rheumatology Unit, Hospital NS Aranzazu, Apartado de Correos 477, 20080 San Sebastian, Spain.

Infectious complications are a very common and prominent cause of both morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. We present a patient who developed a paravertebral primary tuberculous muscle abscess after aggressive treatment with corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents.

KEY WORDS: Tuberculosis, Muscle abscess, Systemic lupus erythematosus


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