Anabolic androgenic steroids in delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis

Upadhyaya, Suneet K.; Sharma, Archana; Rai, Deependra K.; Thawani, Vijay

doi:10.4103/0976-500X.103698

Case ReportArchivesVol. 3 | Issue 4 | 2012 | pp. 345–347Open Access

Anabolic androgenic steroids in delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis

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¹Departments of Psychiatry, Institute, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India. Case Report.
²Obstetrics and Gynecology.
³Chest and T.B.
⁴Pharmacology, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Govt. Medical Science & Research Institute, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India. Case Report.

Correspondence: Suneet K. Upadhyaya
Departments of Psychiatry, Institute, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India. Case Report.
Email: dr_suneet12@yahoo.com

Published: Jan 1, 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.103698
Article URL: https://www.jpharmacol.com/article/j-pharmacol-pharmacother-3-4-345
PDF URL: https://www.jpharmacol.com/article/j-pharmacol-pharmacother-3-4-345.pdf

Abstract

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.

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