Santos FCF, Nascimento ALAD, Lira LADS, Lima JFDC, Montenegro RDA, Montenegro LML, Schindler HC. Bone tuberculosis: a case report on child.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2013;
46:249-51. [PMID:
23740070 DOI:
10.1590/0037-8682-0010-2012]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2012] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The authors report a case of a 12-year-old child with a complaint of pain and deformity in the lower thoracic region that had lasted for two years. Clinical, epidemiological and laboratory characteristics associated with images of apparent damage in the T9-T10 and T11-T12 vertebrae taken by radiography of the thoracic spine and nuclear magnetic resonance in addition to the positivity of the molecular test based on the polymerase chain reaction, led to tuberculous spondylitis being diagnosed and specific therapy was started. Culture of vertebral biopsy was positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis after thirty days.
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