Calvarial Tuberculosis: A Diagnostic Quandary: A Case Report.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc
; 57(217): 198-201, 2019.
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Primary Calvarial Tuberculosis, a rare entity of skull is even rarer after second decade of life in a healthy person without evidence of tuberculosis elsewhere in the body. Most of the cases are often misdiagnosed as osteomyelitis/syphilis/bony metastasis. We report a case of primary skull tuberculosis in 26-year-old male with complains of headache and swelling in the right frontal region with no history of previous tuberculosis. The patient was operated and the histopathological examination of excised tissue was suggestive of tubercular pathology. The patient is doing well after anti-tubercular therapy. Being a rare disease, tubercular osteomyelitis of skull bones is often missed and misdiagnosed due to lack of clinical suspicion and slow growth of mycobacterium cultures. Histopathological examination of biopsy material and demonstration of acid-fast bacilli in the pus are helpful for diagnosis and early management of the disease. Keywords: calvaria; Mycobacterium; osteomyelitis; tuberculosis.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cráneo
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Tuberculosis Osteoarticular
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Antituberculosos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Nepal
Pais de publicación:
Nepal