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Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis: A case report

  • Authors:
    • Liang Zhang
    • Jingcheng Wang
    • Xinmin Feng
    • Yuping Tao
    • Jiandong Yang
    • Shenfei Zhang
    • Jun Cai

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    Affiliations: Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, P.R. China
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Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) of the musculoskeletal system is a rare clinical condition. Multifocal bone involvement is extremely rare and difficult to recognize. Thus, due to the diverse and atypical clinical manifestations of multifocal skeletal TB, the disease is easy to misdiagnose. In the present study, a rare case of atypical disseminated multifocal skeletal TB was reported, which exhibited uncommon findings in radiological images that were more suggestive of a hematological malignancy or metastatic disease. In conclusion, the diagnosis of this condition by conventional diagnostic methods is challenging. The importance of CT‑guided needle biopsy and open biopsy in the diagnosis of skeletal TB was emphasized.
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Zhang L, Wang J, Feng X, Tao Y, Yang J, Zhang S and Cai J: Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis: A case report. Exp Ther Med 11: 1288-1292, 2016.
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Zhang, L., Wang, J., Feng, X., Tao, Y., Yang, J., Zhang, S., & Cai, J. (2016). Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 11, 1288-1292. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3032
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Zhang, L., Wang, J., Feng, X., Tao, Y., Yang, J., Zhang, S., Cai, J."Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 11.4 (2016): 1288-1292.
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Zhang, L., Wang, J., Feng, X., Tao, Y., Yang, J., Zhang, S., Cai, J."Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 11, no. 4 (2016): 1288-1292. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3032
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Zhang L, Wang J, Feng X, Tao Y, Yang J, Zhang S and Cai J: Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis: A case report. Exp Ther Med 11: 1288-1292, 2016.
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Zhang, L., Wang, J., Feng, X., Tao, Y., Yang, J., Zhang, S., & Cai, J. (2016). Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 11, 1288-1292. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3032
MLA
Zhang, L., Wang, J., Feng, X., Tao, Y., Yang, J., Zhang, S., Cai, J."Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 11.4 (2016): 1288-1292.
Chicago
Zhang, L., Wang, J., Feng, X., Tao, Y., Yang, J., Zhang, S., Cai, J."Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 11, no. 4 (2016): 1288-1292. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3032
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