Pulmonary tuberculosis with multifocal skeletal involvement
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series, cilt.61, sa.2, ss.133-135, 2004 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 61 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2004
- Doi Numarası: 10.4081/monaldi.2004.714
- Dergi Adı: Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.133-135
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Multiple lytic vertebral lesions, Skeletal tuberculosis
- Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Pulmonary tuberculosis with multifocal skeletal involvement. A. Kaya, Z. Topu, S. Fitoz, N. Numanoglu. Skeletal tuberculosis accounts for 1-5% of all tuberculosis infections. Of these infections, 50% involve the vertebral column and only 0-5% involve ribs. Rib tuberculosis is seen in only 0.1% of all tuberculosis infections. Skeletal tuberculosis is localised to a single site in 90-95% of reported cases. Multifocal involvement is uncommon and is usually associated with disseminated disease. We present a case of pulmonary tuberculosis associated with multifocal skeletal involvement.