A Boy with Disseminated Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a common infectious disease in developing countries. In the paediatric population, the disease can be manifested as pulmonary as well as extrapulmonary tuberculosis affecting multiple organs and systems at the same time. Delay in diagnosis and treatment can result in rapid progression of the disease with debilitating consequences in infants and young children because of weak immune defence mechanisms. We have described a case of disseminated tuberculosis involving the lungs, abdomen, lymphoreticular and central nervous systems.