胸骨结核：三例不同表现病例

Tuberculosis of sternum: three cases with different presentations.

作者信息

Khaira Ambar, Khaira Deepa Dash, Gupta Ankur, Bhowmik Deepankar, Kalra O P, Tiwari Suresh Chandra

机构信息

Department of Nephrology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029.

出版信息

J Assoc Physicians India. 2009 Aug;57:595-6.

PMID:20209722

Abstract

Sternum is resistant to infections and thus infrequent site of osteomyelitis. Involvement of sternum by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is rare. We report case of 37-year-old male with isolated tuberculosis of the sternum, a 14-year-old girl with tuberculosis of the sternum and Potts spine and a 55-year-old male with tubercular sinus of the sternum, three different presentations of the same disease.

摘要

胸骨对感染有抵抗力，因此是骨髓炎的罕见发病部位。结核分枝杆菌累及胸骨的情况很少见。我们报告了一例37岁男性单纯性胸骨结核、一例14岁女孩胸骨结核合并脊柱结核以及一例55岁男性胸骨结核性窦道的病例，这是同一疾病的三种不同表现形式。