Literature DB >> 8553285

Tuberculosis of the sternum presenting as metastatic disease.

E M Mulloy1.   

Abstract

The case is presented of a 59 year old Saudi Arabian woman with sternal and vertebral tuberculous osteomyelitis and a benign breast mass simulating metastatic disease. This case illustrates the diagnostic difficulties that may be encountered in the diagnosis of tuberculous osteomyelitis.

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Year:  1995        PMID： 8553285      PMCID： PMC475101          DOI： 10.1136/thx.50.11.1223

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Thorax        ISSN： 0040-6376            Impact factor:   9.139


  5 in total

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Authors:  R B BROWN; J TRENTON
Journal:  Ann Surg       Date:  1952-01       Impact factor: 12.969

Review 2.  Primary sternal osteomyelitis.

Authors:  E A Gill; D L Stevens
Journal:  West J Med       Date:  1989-08

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Authors:  R A Watts; E W Paice; A G White
Journal:  Thorax       Date:  1987-12       Impact factor: 9.139

4.  Bone and joint tuberculosis. A survey of notifications in England and Wales.

Authors:  P D Davies; M J Humphries; S P Byfield; A J Nunn; J H Darbyshire; K M Citron; W Fox
Journal:  J Bone Joint Surg Br       Date:  1984-05

Review 5.  [Chondrocostal and chondrosternal tuberculosis in 2 heroin addicts infected with the human immunodeficiency virus].

Authors:  J A Martos; M Olm; J M Miró; J Mallolas; E Letang; M A Brancos; J M Gatell; E Soriano
Journal:  Med Clin (Barc)       Date:  1989-10-21       Impact factor: 1.725
  5 in total
  2 in total

1.  Unusual cause of chest pain: empyema necessitans and tubercular osteomyelitis of the rib in an immunocompetent man.

Authors:  Louise Dunphy; Prashanth Shetty; Ajitkumar Kavidasan; Alexandra Rice
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2016-01-04

2.  Multicentric tuberculosis at two rare sites in an immunocompetent adult.

Authors:  Saurabh Singh; Chethan Nagaraj; Ghanshyam N Khare; Vinay Kumaraswamy
Journal:  J Orthop Traumatol       Date:  2011-10-18
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