Médecine et Santé Tropicales
MENUDiscoveries about tubercolosis from autopsies: topographical and morphological profiles of lesions in dakar (Senegal) Volume 26, issue 4, Octobre-Novembre-Décembre 2016
Authors
Introduction
1 Laboratoire d’anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques de l’Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal
2 Laboratoire d’anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques de l’Hôpital Général de Grand Yoff, Dakar, Sénégal
* Correspondance
- Key words: Tuberculosis, Decease, Necropsy, Senegal
- DOI : 10.1684/mst.2016.0628
- Page(s) : 419-22
- Published in: 2016
Tuberculosis is endemic in Senegal. It is rate of increase and high mortality rate make it a major public health problem. The aim of this study was to describe the topographic, macroscopic, and microscopic aspects of tuberculosis lesions responsible for deaths in Dakar.