Trikha Vivek, Varshney Manish Kumar, Rastogi Shishir
Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Scand J Infect Dis. 2006;38(4):304-6. doi: 10.1080/00365540500353267.
Tuberculosis is 1 of the most deadly diseases in the world. With an increase in the incidence of HIV worldwide, tubercular infections at unusual sites are being reported. Skeletal muscle tuberculosis without bony involvement is an extremely rare presentation of tuberculosis. A case of isolated tuberculosis of the vastus lateralis muscle without any evident primary focus in a 30-y-old immunocompetent female is presented.
结核病是世界上最致命的疾病之一。随着全球范围内人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)发病率的上升,不常见部位的结核感染时有报道。无骨受累的骨骼肌结核是一种极为罕见的结核病表现形式。本文报告了一例30岁免疫功能正常女性的单纯股外侧肌结核病例,该病例无任何明显的原发灶。