Isolated tuberculosis of metacarpal bone in a 3 year-old child

Primary tuberculosis osteomyelitis of metacarpal bone is rare. The majority of cases occur in children and young adults and there is difficulty in diagnosis mainly in young children. We report a new case in children aged of 3 years, presenting a swelling on the dorsal side of her right hand since 8...

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Autores principales: Aghoutane, El Mouhtadi, Salama, Tarik, Fezazi, Redouane El
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28491221
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.26.90.11713
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author Aghoutane, El Mouhtadi
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description Primary tuberculosis osteomyelitis of metacarpal bone is rare. The majority of cases occur in children and young adults and there is difficulty in diagnosis mainly in young children. We report a new case in children aged of 3 years, presenting a swelling on the dorsal side of her right hand since 8 months. X-ray showed an expansile, cystic and lytic lesion involving the little finger metacarpal. Tuberculosis was confirmed on histological examination. No lesions in lung parenchyma or lymphadenopathy were associated. Patient was successfully managed by anti-tubercular drugs.
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spelling pubmed-54100082017-05-10 Isolated tuberculosis of metacarpal bone in a 3 year-old child Aghoutane, El Mouhtadi Salama, Tarik Fezazi, Redouane El Pan Afr Med J Case Report Primary tuberculosis osteomyelitis of metacarpal bone is rare. The majority of cases occur in children and young adults and there is difficulty in diagnosis mainly in young children. We report a new case in children aged of 3 years, presenting a swelling on the dorsal side of her right hand since 8 months. X-ray showed an expansile, cystic and lytic lesion involving the little finger metacarpal. Tuberculosis was confirmed on histological examination. No lesions in lung parenchyma or lymphadenopathy were associated. Patient was successfully managed by anti-tubercular drugs. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2017-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5410008/ /pubmed/28491221 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.26.90.11713 Text en © El Mouhtadi Aghoutane et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of 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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title_full Isolated tuberculosis of metacarpal bone in a 3 year-old child
title_fullStr Isolated tuberculosis of metacarpal bone in a 3 year-old child
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title_short Isolated tuberculosis of metacarpal bone in a 3 year-old child
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410008/
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