Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of Sternum Secondary to Primary Tuberculous Mastitis

Sternal tuberculosis secondary to tuberculous mastitis is uncommon. The invasion of the sternum following a primary focus in the breast has not been reported. This may be due to the resistance offered by pectoral fascia and periosteum to the spread of infection into the bone. We present a case of tu...

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Autores principales: Bakhshi, Girish D., Shenoy, Sachin S., Jadhav, Kavita V., Tayade, Mukund B., Rawoot, Suhaib S., Jain, Kavitha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202186/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25332764
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2014.656
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Sumario:Sternal tuberculosis secondary to tuberculous mastitis is uncommon. The invasion of the sternum following a primary focus in the breast has not been reported. This may be due to the resistance offered by pectoral fascia and periosteum to the spread of infection into the bone. We present a case of tubercular sternal osteomtyelitis following tubercular mastitis in a 40-year old female. A brief case report and a review of literature are presented.

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