Soft tissue mass of the chest wall as the sole manifestation of brucellosis in a 7-year-old boy
We report the case of a child who presented with a subcutaneous mass on the left side of the chest wall of one month′s duration. The mass was painful and increasing in size over time. He had a history of weight loss and a decrease in appetite, but no history of fever or trauma. He had ing...
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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
2011-01-01
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| author | Al-Ayed Mohammed Bin-Hussain Ibrahim Al Hajjar Sami Al Nassar Saleh |
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| description | We report the case of a child who presented with a subcutaneous mass on the left side of the chest wall of one month′s duration. The mass was painful and increasing in size over time. He had a history of weight loss and a decrease in appetite, but no history of fever or trauma. He had ingested raw camel milk, but had no history of contact with animals. He was diagnosed by the standard tube agglutination titer and tissue culture for brucellosis, treated with surgery and three months of antibrucella antibiotics. The report includes a brief review of the current pediatric literature to familiarize pediatricians with this uncommon presentation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3d640d44cd743058d57183bcad2a7602022-12-21T19:44:19ZengKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research CentreAnnals of Saudi Medicine0256-49470975-44662011-01-01313311313Soft tissue mass of the chest wall as the sole manifestation of brucellosis in a 7-year-old boyAl-Ayed MohammedBin-Hussain IbrahimAl Hajjar SamiAl Nassar SalehWe report the case of a child who presented with a subcutaneous mass on the left side of the chest wall of one month′s duration. The mass was painful and increasing in size over time. He had a history of weight loss and a decrease in appetite, but no history of fever or trauma. He had ingested raw camel milk, but had no history of contact with animals. He was diagnosed by the standard tube agglutination titer and tissue culture for brucellosis, treated with surgery and three months of antibrucella antibiotics. The report includes a brief review of the current pediatric literature to familiarize pediatricians with this uncommon presentation.http://www.saudiannals.net/article.asp?issn=0256-4947;year=2011;volume=31;issue=3;spage=311;epage=313;aulast=Al-Ayed |
| spellingShingle | Al-Ayed Mohammed Bin-Hussain Ibrahim Al Hajjar Sami Al Nassar Saleh Soft tissue mass of the chest wall as the sole manifestation of brucellosis in a 7-year-old boy Annals of Saudi Medicine |
| title | Soft tissue mass of the chest wall as the sole manifestation of brucellosis in a 7-year-old boy |
| title_full | Soft tissue mass of the chest wall as the sole manifestation of brucellosis in a 7-year-old boy |
| title_fullStr | Soft tissue mass of the chest wall as the sole manifestation of brucellosis in a 7-year-old boy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soft tissue mass of the chest wall as the sole manifestation of brucellosis in a 7-year-old boy |
| title_short | Soft tissue mass of the chest wall as the sole manifestation of brucellosis in a 7-year-old boy |
| title_sort | soft tissue mass of the chest wall as the sole manifestation of brucellosis in a 7 year old boy |
| url | http://www.saudiannals.net/article.asp?issn=0256-4947;year=2011;volume=31;issue=3;spage=311;epage=313;aulast=Al-Ayed |
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