Unusual sites of tuberculosis mimicking skeletal metastases: A case report
The incidence of skeletal tuberculosis is about 1%-5% of all tuberculous infections. The most common sites are the spine, hip, knee, foot, elbow, hand, and shoulder, whereas the sternum, ribs, sternoclavicular joint, and calvaria are rarely affected. Because of the emergence of skeletal tuberculosis...
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| author | Thanthawy Jauhary, MD Fierly Hayati, MD |
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| description | The incidence of skeletal tuberculosis is about 1%-5% of all tuberculous infections. The most common sites are the spine, hip, knee, foot, elbow, hand, and shoulder, whereas the sternum, ribs, sternoclavicular joint, and calvaria are rarely affected. Because of the emergence of skeletal tuberculosis in therapeutic management, radiologists need to be aware of the imaging findings in pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Conventional X-ray plays an important role in diagnosing pulmonary and skeletal tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is known as the ‘great mimicker’, however, thus computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging may provide additional details that assist the radiologist in distinguishing this tubercular infection from others. We report the case of a young male patient with skeletal tuberculosis who presented with general weakness, paraplegia, and a calvarial mass. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e37348961ca34950b6cdd86bf612f6bc2022-12-22T02:22:00ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332022-06-0117619311937Unusual sites of tuberculosis mimicking skeletal metastases: A case reportThanthawy Jauhary, MD0Fierly Hayati, MD1Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, IndonesiaCorresponding author.; Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, IndonesiaThe incidence of skeletal tuberculosis is about 1%-5% of all tuberculous infections. The most common sites are the spine, hip, knee, foot, elbow, hand, and shoulder, whereas the sternum, ribs, sternoclavicular joint, and calvaria are rarely affected. Because of the emergence of skeletal tuberculosis in therapeutic management, radiologists need to be aware of the imaging findings in pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Conventional X-ray plays an important role in diagnosing pulmonary and skeletal tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is known as the ‘great mimicker’, however, thus computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging may provide additional details that assist the radiologist in distinguishing this tubercular infection from others. We report the case of a young male patient with skeletal tuberculosis who presented with general weakness, paraplegia, and a calvarial mass.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043322002047Skeletal tuberculosisComputed tomographyMagnetic resonance imagingExtrapulmonary tuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Thanthawy Jauhary, MD Fierly Hayati, MD Unusual sites of tuberculosis mimicking skeletal metastases: A case report Radiology Case Reports Skeletal tuberculosis Computed tomography Magnetic resonance imaging Extrapulmonary tuberculosis |
| title | Unusual sites of tuberculosis mimicking skeletal metastases: A case report |
| title_full | Unusual sites of tuberculosis mimicking skeletal metastases: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Unusual sites of tuberculosis mimicking skeletal metastases: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unusual sites of tuberculosis mimicking skeletal metastases: A case report |
| title_short | Unusual sites of tuberculosis mimicking skeletal metastases: A case report |
| title_sort | unusual sites of tuberculosis mimicking skeletal metastases a case report |
| topic | Skeletal tuberculosis Computed tomography Magnetic resonance imaging Extrapulmonary tuberculosis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043322002047 |
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