Tuberculosis of contralateral costo-transverse joints

We present a case of multifocal tuberculosis of contralateral costo-transverse joints. Even in countries where tuberculosis is common, extrapulmonary multifocal infection is uncommon. Furthermore, a bilateral, symmetric distribution is distinctly unusual. The index of suspicion for tuberculosis shou...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Skeletal radiology 1997-12, Vol.26 (12), p.741-743
Hauptverfasser:	LEVINE, S. M, MARIANACCI, E. B, KATTAPURAM, S. V
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adult Bacterial arthritis and osteitis Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Biopsy, Needle Diagnosis, Differential Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Infection Infectious diseases Joints Joints - microbiology Joints - pathology Low Back Pain - diagnosis Low Back Pain - etiology Low Back Pain - microbiology Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medical sciences Mycobacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Ribs - diagnostic imaging Ribs - microbiology Ribs - pathology Thoracic Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging Thoracic Vertebrae - pathology Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular - complications Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular - microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:	We present a case of multifocal tuberculosis of contralateral costo-transverse joints. Even in countries where tuberculosis is common, extrapulmonary multifocal infection is uncommon. Furthermore, a bilateral, symmetric distribution is distinctly unusual. The index of suspicion for tuberculosis should increase when the patient is from a country where tuberculosis is endemic or when a history of AIDS is present.
ISSN:	0364-2348 1432-2161
DOI:	10.1007/s002560050323