Tuberculosis of Sternum: Three Cases with Different Presentations

Overview

Journal J Assoc Physicians India

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2010 Mar 10

PMID 20209722

Citations 6

Authors

Ambar Khaira

Deepa Dash Khaira

Ankur Gupta

Deepankar Bhowmik

O P Kalra

Suresh Chandra Tiwari

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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.

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