García-García C, Ibarra V, Azcona-Gutiérrez JM, Oteo JA. Calvarial tuberculosis with parenchymal involvement.
Travel Med Infect Dis 2012;
11:329-31. [PMID:
23267716 DOI:
10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.11.008]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the acid-fast bacilli Mycobacterium tuberculosis that usually affects the lungs although it may affect any organ. Tuberculous osteitis of the cranial bones is an uncommon manifestation of disseminated tuberculosis known as calvarial tuberculosis. Cases with parenchymal involvement are infrequent in the literature. We report a case of a patient with multiple osteolytic cranial lesions and a tuberculoma.
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