PRIMARY STERNAL TUBERCULOSIS: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW.
作者信息
Hongsakul Keerati, Chitrapazt Niyata, Tubtawee Teeravut, Jaovisidha Suphaneewan
出版信息
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2015 Jan;46(1):80-5.
PMID:26513908
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis can infect multiple organs and may rarely cause osteomyelitis of the sternum. We report a patient with primary sternal tuberculosis who presented with a chest wall mass. A core needle biopsy confirmed the diagnosis-of tuberculosis. We review the literature regarding tuberculous osteomyelitis of the sternum.
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