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Multicentric Spinal Tuberculosis with Sternoclavicular Joint Involvement: A Rare Presentation

Background. Tuberculosis is a chronic disease which may have varied presentations. Though pulmonary tuberculosis is the commonest, extrapulmonary tuberculosis involving skeletal system is often seen. Individuals with poor nourishment and immunological status are especially susceptible for disseminat...

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Autores principales: Saibaba, Balaji, Meena, Umesh Kumar, Behera, Prateek, Meena, Ramesh Chand
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4217363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25389505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/685406
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author Saibaba, Balaji
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description Background. Tuberculosis is a chronic disease which may have varied presentations. Though pulmonary tuberculosis is the commonest, extrapulmonary tuberculosis involving skeletal system is often seen. Individuals with poor nourishment and immunological status are especially susceptible for disseminated and multicentric tuberculosis. Case Report. We here present a case of tuberculosis involving multiple anatomical locations in an immune-competent patient which was diagnosed with radiological studies and confirmed with histological examination. Patient was put on multidrug antitubercular therapy and responded well to the treatment with improvement in clinical and radiological picture. Clinical Relevance. This report of a rare case makes us aware of the varied presentations which tuberculosis can present with. It should be kept as a differential diagnosis in patients with cough and fever but not responding to conventional treatment. This is even more important in countries with poor socioeconomic conditions.
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spelling pubmed-42173632014-11-11 Multicentric Spinal Tuberculosis with Sternoclavicular Joint Involvement: A Rare Presentation Saibaba, Balaji Meena, Umesh Kumar Behera, Prateek Meena, Ramesh Chand Case Rep Pulmonol Case Report Background. Tuberculosis is a chronic disease which may have varied presentations. Though pulmonary tuberculosis is the commonest, extrapulmonary tuberculosis involving skeletal system is often seen. Individuals with poor nourishment and immunological status are especially susceptible for disseminated and multicentric tuberculosis. Case Report. We here present a case of tuberculosis involving multiple anatomical locations in an immune-competent patient which was diagnosed with radiological studies and confirmed with histological examination. Patient was put on multidrug antitubercular therapy and responded well to the treatment with improvement in clinical and radiological picture. Clinical Relevance. This report of a rare case makes us aware of the varied presentations which tuberculosis can present with. It should be kept as a differential diagnosis in patients with cough and fever but not responding to conventional treatment. This is even more important in countries with poor socioeconomic conditions. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4217363/ /pubmed/25389505 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/685406 Text en Copyright © 2014 Balaji Saibaba et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Multicentric Spinal Tuberculosis with Sternoclavicular Joint Involvement: A Rare Presentation
title Multicentric Spinal Tuberculosis with Sternoclavicular Joint Involvement: A Rare Presentation
title_full Multicentric Spinal Tuberculosis with Sternoclavicular Joint Involvement: A Rare Presentation
title_fullStr Multicentric Spinal Tuberculosis with Sternoclavicular Joint Involvement: A Rare Presentation
title_full_unstemmed Multicentric Spinal Tuberculosis with Sternoclavicular Joint Involvement: A Rare Presentation
title_short Multicentric Spinal Tuberculosis with Sternoclavicular Joint Involvement: A Rare Presentation
title_sort multicentric spinal tuberculosis with sternoclavicular joint involvement: a rare presentation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4217363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25389505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/685406
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