Zidane A, Bakzaza O, Afandi O, Baiz Y, Chafik A. [Chest wall tuberculosis: report of 3 cases].
Rev Pneumol Clin 2015;
71:290-293. [PMID:
25725600 DOI:
10.1016/j.pneumo.2014.12.006]
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Abstract
Despite the dramatic decline in the incidence of tuberculosis during the last decades, the disease remains a significant public health problem especially in developing countries. Chest wall tuberculosis is a very rare location. Clinically, it can present as a pyogenic abscess or soft tumor, making diagnosis difficult, particularly in the absence of warning signs. Optimal therapeutic management is controversial. Medical treatment alone in often insufficient and must be associated with a surgical excision or debridement.
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