Desnos L, Kom-Tchameni R, Razafindrakoto H, Fryder I, Janoyer M, Elenga N
Service de médecine et chirurgie pédiatrique, centre hospitalier Andrée-Rosemon de Cayenne, F-97306, Cayenne cedex, Guyane française, France.
Service de radiologie, centre hospitalier Andrée-Rosemon de Cayenne, F-97306, Cayenne cedex, Guyane française, France.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2017 Oct;110(4):234-237. doi: 10.1007/s13149-017-0570-1. Epub 2017 Sep 20.
Multifocal tuberculosis in a child is rare event. Here we report a case of multifocal tuberculosis revealed by spinal tuberculosis in an eleven-year-old French Guianese girl. This observation underlines the difficulties, the consequences of delay, and the necessity of an early diagnosis of this disease for children.