A Swelling over Sternum in a Child: Reminder of an Uncommon Diagnosis

Lack of awareness about isolated tubercular osteomyelitis of the sternum resulted in a delay in diagnosing the condition in an eleven-year-old girl who presented with a gradually increasing swelling over the sternum. Radiological, histological, and microbiological investigations helped diagnose the...

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Autores principales: Joshi, Pradnya, Bavdekar, Sandeep B., Save, Sushma U.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5099470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27847667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3765786
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description Lack of awareness about isolated tubercular osteomyelitis of the sternum resulted in a delay in diagnosing the condition in an eleven-year-old girl who presented with a gradually increasing swelling over the sternum. Radiological, histological, and microbiological investigations helped diagnose the condition and the child responded well to antitubercular therapy (ATT) and surgical debridement. The report provides a brief description about the various management options available.
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spelling pubmed-50994702016-11-15 A Swelling over Sternum in a Child: Reminder of an Uncommon Diagnosis Joshi, Pradnya Bavdekar, Sandeep B. Save, Sushma U. Case Rep Pediatr Case Report Lack of awareness about isolated tubercular osteomyelitis of the sternum resulted in a delay in diagnosing the condition in an eleven-year-old girl who presented with a gradually increasing swelling over the sternum. Radiological, histological, and microbiological investigations helped diagnose the condition and the child responded well to antitubercular therapy (ATT) and surgical debridement. The report provides a brief description about the various management options available. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5099470/ /pubmed/27847667 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3765786 Text en Copyright © 2016 Pradnya Joshi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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