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Cystic tuberculosis of the scapula in a young boy: a case report and review of the literature
INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis of the flat bones is rare and only a small percentage involves the scapular bone. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a rare case of tuberculosis of the scapula in a 14-year-old. Diagnostic clues include lytic areas with low density seen in the body of the scapula involving a gle...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737797/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830202 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-7412 |
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author | Jain, Deepali Jain, Vijay K Singh, Yashwant Kumar, Satish Mittal, Deepak |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis of the flat bones is rare and only a small percentage involves the scapular bone. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a rare case of tuberculosis of the scapula in a 14-year-old. Diagnostic clues include lytic areas with low density seen in the body of the scapula involving a glenoid margin associated with typical clinical features. Treatment should include a regimen of four antitubercular drugs along with surgical debridement if required. CONCLUSION: Although rare, tuberculosis should be suspected in patients presenting with a chronic sinus in the scapular region, particularly in the developing world. |
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spelling | pubmed-27377972009-10-14 Cystic tuberculosis of the scapula in a young boy: a case report and review of the literature Jain, Deepali Jain, Vijay K Singh, Yashwant Kumar, Satish Mittal, Deepak J Med Case Reports Case report INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis of the flat bones is rare and only a small percentage involves the scapular bone. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a rare case of tuberculosis of the scapula in a 14-year-old. Diagnostic clues include lytic areas with low density seen in the body of the scapula involving a glenoid margin associated with typical clinical features. Treatment should include a regimen of four antitubercular drugs along with surgical debridement if required. CONCLUSION: Although rare, tuberculosis should be suspected in patients presenting with a chronic sinus in the scapular region, particularly in the developing world. BioMed Central 2009-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2737797/ /pubmed/19830202 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-7412 Text en Copyright ©2009 licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case report Jain, Deepali Jain, Vijay K Singh, Yashwant Kumar, Satish Mittal, Deepak Cystic tuberculosis of the scapula in a young boy: a case report and review of the literature |
title | Cystic tuberculosis of the scapula in a young boy: a case report and review of the literature |
title_full | Cystic tuberculosis of the scapula in a young boy: a case report and review of the literature |
title_fullStr | Cystic tuberculosis of the scapula in a young boy: a case report and review of the literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Cystic tuberculosis of the scapula in a young boy: a case report and review of the literature |
title_short | Cystic tuberculosis of the scapula in a young boy: a case report and review of the literature |
title_sort | cystic tuberculosis of the scapula in a young boy: a case report and review of the literature |
topic | Case report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737797/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830202 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-7412 |
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