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Isolated Coccygeal Tuberculosis
Isolated tuberculosis of the coccyx is extremely rare. A 35-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of coccygeal and gluteal pain. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed osseous destruction and a large enhancing mass involving the coccyx with anterior and posterior extensi...
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The Korean Neurosurgical Society
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3539088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23323174 http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2012.52.5.495 |
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author | Kim, Do Un Kim, Seok Won Ju, Chang IL |
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description | Isolated tuberculosis of the coccyx is extremely rare. A 35-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of coccygeal and gluteal pain. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed osseous destruction and a large enhancing mass involving the coccyx with anterior and posterior extension. Pathologic examination of the surgical specimen revealed necrosis, chronic granulomatous inflammation, and multinucleated giant cells consistent with tuberculosis. This case highlights the importance of considering tuberculosis as a diagnosis even though unusual sites are involved. |
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spelling | pubmed-35390882013-01-15 Isolated Coccygeal Tuberculosis Kim, Do Un Kim, Seok Won Ju, Chang IL J Korean Neurosurg Soc Case Report Isolated tuberculosis of the coccyx is extremely rare. A 35-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of coccygeal and gluteal pain. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed osseous destruction and a large enhancing mass involving the coccyx with anterior and posterior extension. Pathologic examination of the surgical specimen revealed necrosis, chronic granulomatous inflammation, and multinucleated giant cells consistent with tuberculosis. This case highlights the importance of considering tuberculosis as a diagnosis even though unusual sites are involved. The Korean Neurosurgical Society 2012-11 2012-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3539088/ /pubmed/23323174 http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2012.52.5.495 Text en Copyright © 2012 The Korean Neurosurgical Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kim, Do Un Kim, Seok Won Ju, Chang IL Isolated Coccygeal Tuberculosis |
title | Isolated Coccygeal Tuberculosis |
title_full | Isolated Coccygeal Tuberculosis |
title_fullStr | Isolated Coccygeal Tuberculosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Isolated Coccygeal Tuberculosis |
title_short | Isolated Coccygeal Tuberculosis |
title_sort | isolated coccygeal tuberculosis |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3539088/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23323174 http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2012.52.5.495 |
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