若年成人における粟粒結核による突然死の1剖検例

Abstract

A 29-year-old man was found dead in his bed. He had been treated with pus clearing at the hospital because of anal abscess 2 months before his death. Thereafter, he had been complaining of fever and abdominal pain immediately prior to his death. The cause of death was diagnosed as miliary tuberculosis from the findings of an autopsy. No other lesions were found. The incidence of miliary tuberculosis in the young without underlying diseases is considered to be quite rare. Nowadays concerns about tuberculosis have declined among health-care professionals. This report suggests that all doctors, both clinicians and forensic pathologists, should always keep tuberculosis in mind.