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
Hauptverfasser: Song, Doo Il, Sohn, Su Ye, Kim, Yun Kyung, Eun, So Hee, Rhie, Young Jun, Jang, Gi Young, Woo, Chan Wook, Choi, Byung Min, Lee, Jung Hwa, Je, Bo Kyung
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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.
ISSN:1738-1061
2092-7258
2713-4148
DOI:10.3345/kjp.2010.53.5.657