Tubercular sinus over manubrium sterni: a rare presentation

Isolated sternal involvement in tuberculosis is rare. Very few case reports are available in literature even from the countries where tuberculosis is endemic. We are reporting a case of 32-year-old female who presented to us with a pus discharging sinus over manubrium sterni with no other systemic f...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Nikhil, Hadke, Niladhar Shankarrao, Khurana, Nita
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765390
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e90
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author Gupta, Nikhil
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description Isolated sternal involvement in tuberculosis is rare. Very few case reports are available in literature even from the countries where tuberculosis is endemic. We are reporting a case of 32-year-old female who presented to us with a pus discharging sinus over manubrium sterni with no other systemic features of tuberculosis. Sinus tract was excised and biopsy confirmed tuberculosis. Patient received antitubercular therapy for 9 months.
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spelling pubmed-39814322014-04-24 Tubercular sinus over manubrium sterni: a rare presentation Gupta, Nikhil Hadke, Niladhar Shankarrao Khurana, Nita Clin Pract Article Isolated sternal involvement in tuberculosis is rare. Very few case reports are available in literature even from the countries where tuberculosis is endemic. We are reporting a case of 32-year-old female who presented to us with a pus discharging sinus over manubrium sterni with no other systemic features of tuberculosis. Sinus tract was excised and biopsy confirmed tuberculosis. Patient received antitubercular therapy for 9 months. PAGEPress Publications 2011-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3981432/ /pubmed/24765390 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e90 Text en ©Copyright N. Gupta et al., 2011 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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