Author(s)

María Rodríguez-Santiago^*, Luis Alvarez-Pérez, José Gaudier-Díaz, Pedro Gil-De Rubio, Natalia Hernández-Cuevas, José Colón-Márquez

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) is the TB involving organs other than lungs. The diagnosis of EPTB can be difficult, as suspicion is challenging, because it presents with nonspecific clinical features and atypical presentation. Furthermore, patients with HIV may present with fever of unknown origin (FUO) as the only symptom. We present a clinical case of a 49 years old Puertorrican female with HIV-AIDS and no high-risk behavior with an abdominal pain and fever. The investigation confirmed an Abdominal Tuberculosis. This case emphasizes the need to add Abdominal tuberculosis (ATB) within the differential diagnosis and discuss the diagnostic process.

Abdominal Pain, Abdominal Tuberculosis (ATB), Diagnosing ATB, HIV/AIDS

Rodríguez-Santiago, M. , Alvarez-Pérez, L. , Gaudier-Díaz, J. , Rubio, P. , Hernández-Cuevas, N. and Colón-Márquez, J. (2020) Watch out for Abdominal Pain in HIV-AIDS Patients: Abdominal Tuberculosis. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 9, 392-398. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2020.912054.