Tuberculosis of contralateral costo-transverse joints.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Joints
- Ribs
- Thoracic Vertebrae
- Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular
Anatomy
- thoracic spine