A childhood case of spinal tuberculosis misdiagnosed as muscular dystrophy
Tuberculosis is primarily a pulmonary disease, but extra-pulmonary manifestations are not uncommon, especially in children and adolescents. Ten percent of extra pulmonary tuberculosis localizes to the bones and joints, and 56% of such cases affect the spine. We treated a childhood case of spinal tub...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Clinical and experimental pediatrics 2010, 53(5), , pp.657-660 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Tuberculosis is primarily a pulmonary disease, but extra-pulmonary manifestations are not uncommon, especially in children and adolescents. Ten percent of extra pulmonary tuberculosis localizes to the bones and joints, and 56% of such cases affect the spine. We treated a childhood case of spinal tuberculosis misdiagnosed as muscular dystrophy in a patient without specific constitutional symptoms. We report this case because the patient had an unusual presentation of spinal tuberculosis. |
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ISSN: | 1738-1061 2092-7258 2713-4148 |
DOI: | 10.3345/kjp.2010.53.5.657 |