Case Report: Multifocal Tubercular Osteomyelitis of the Spine and Bilateral Dactylitis.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 101(3): 494-497, 2019 09.
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ABSTRACT
We report a case of a 13-year-old immunocompetent male with multifocal tubercular osteomyelitis involving several spinal segments, small bones of the hands, and the scalp, who started with progressively back pain and enlarging painful swelling on the palms of hands, fatigue, and irregular fever. All the hand lesions were firm, mildly tender, and covered by ulcerated skin with serous discharge from the site. Magnetic resonance showed lesions of the right fifth metacarpal, of the right intermediate phalanx of the fourth finger, of the left second metacarpal, and of most vertebral bodies of the cervical, dorsal, lumbar, and sacral spine. The nucleic acid amplification test and the final culture from the drainage of the hands' lesion were positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The patient received a standard antitubercular treatment for 12 months with clinical improvement.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Osteomielite
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Tuberculose
Limite:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália