Open AccessAnabolic androgenic steroids in delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Suneet Kumar Upadhyaya,
Archana Sharma,
K Deependra,
Vijay Thawani
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.301
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0976-5018
pISSN - 0976-500X
DOI - 10.4103/0976-500x.103698
Subject(s) - anabolism , anabolic androgenic steroids , tuberculosis , medicine , testosterone (patch) , masking (illustration) , surgery , physiology , pathology , art , visual arts
This is the first case report depicting masking of symptoms of intestinal tuberculosis by anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) causing delay in diagnosis which lead to a major surgery. Negative tuberculosis skin test (TST) probably due to immunomodulating effects of AAS also contributed to the delay. Patient also had early dependence on AAS and rapid growth of scrotal sebaceous cysts, findings of which have not yet been reported.