TB Corner
June 30, 2004
Vol. 61 No. 2 (2004): Pulmonary series
https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2004.714

Pulmonary tuberculosis with multifocal skeletal involvement

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Multiple lytic vertebral lesions, Skeletal tuberculosis
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A. Kaya
akaya@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye.
Z. Topu
Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye.
S. Fitoz
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye.
N. Numanoglu
Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye.
Skeletal tuberculosis accounts for 1-5% of all tuberculosis infections. Of these infections, 50% involve the vertebral column and only 0-5% involve ribs. Rib tuberculosis is seen in only 0.1% of all tuberculosis infections. Skeletal tuberculosis is localised to a single site in 90-95% of reported cases. Multifocal involvement is uncommon and is usually associated with disseminated disease. We present a case of pulmonary tuberculosis associated with multifocal skeletal involvement.

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“Pulmonary Tuberculosis With Multifocal Skeletal Involvement”. 2004. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 61 (2). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2004.714.