Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis with atypical imaging features

Multifocal skeletal involvement is exceptional, constituting <5% of all bony tuberculosis (TB), even in countries where TB is endemic. Multifocal skeletal TB is defined as osteoarticular lesions that occur simultaneously at two or more locations. We describe an immunocompetent patient with multif...

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Main Author:	Mansoor C Abdulla
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:	Journal of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation
Subjects:	empyema necessitans extrapulmonary tuberculosis multifocal skeletal tuberculosis skeletal tuberculosis spinal tuberculosis
Online Access:	http://www.jotr.in/article.asp?issn=0975-7341;year=2018;volume=10;issue=1;spage=77;epage=78;aulast=Abdulla

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spelling	doaj-16d4d0305b92401bbca712e5c93771812020-11-25T04:04:10ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation0975-73412018-01-01101777810.4103/jotr.jotr_71_17Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis with atypical imaging featuresMansoor C AbdullaMultifocal skeletal involvement is exceptional, constituting <5% of all bony tuberculosis (TB), even in countries where TB is endemic. Multifocal skeletal TB is defined as osteoarticular lesions that occur simultaneously at two or more locations. We describe an immunocompetent patient with multifocal skeletal TB involving multiple vertebrae, ribs, and pelvis with empyema necessitans who also had atypical imaging features to make the readers aware of such unusual presentations of TB.http://www.jotr.in/article.asp?issn=0975-7341;year=2018;volume=10;issue=1;spage=77;epage=78;aulast=Abdullaempyema necessitansextrapulmonary tuberculosismultifocal skeletal tuberculosisskeletal tuberculosisspinal tuberculosis
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spellingShingle	Mansoor C Abdulla Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis with atypical imaging features Journal of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation empyema necessitans extrapulmonary tuberculosis multifocal skeletal tuberculosis skeletal tuberculosis spinal tuberculosis
author_facet	Mansoor C Abdulla
author_sort	Mansoor C Abdulla
title	Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis with atypical imaging features
title_short	Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis with atypical imaging features
title_full	Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis with atypical imaging features
title_fullStr	Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis with atypical imaging features
title_full_unstemmed	Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis with atypical imaging features
title_sort	multifocal skeletal tuberculosis with atypical imaging features
publisher	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series	Journal of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation
issn	0975-7341
publishDate	2018-01-01
description	Multifocal skeletal involvement is exceptional, constituting <5% of all bony tuberculosis (TB), even in countries where TB is endemic. Multifocal skeletal TB is defined as osteoarticular lesions that occur simultaneously at two or more locations. We describe an immunocompetent patient with multifocal skeletal TB involving multiple vertebrae, ribs, and pelvis with empyema necessitans who also had atypical imaging features to make the readers aware of such unusual presentations of TB.
topic	empyema necessitans extrapulmonary tuberculosis multifocal skeletal tuberculosis skeletal tuberculosis spinal tuberculosis
url	http://www.jotr.in/article.asp?issn=0975-7341;year=2018;volume=10;issue=1;spage=77;epage=78;aulast=Abdulla
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Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis with atypical imaging features

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