2009
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132009000700013
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Abstract: A 74-year-old white male who was a retired farmer, a nonsmoker and a former drinker presented with a one-year history of chest pain in the suprasternal notch, accompanied by edema and local erythema. His condition had worsened two weeks prior, aggravated by drainage of purulent material from a fistulous lesion. In addition, he reported evening fever, night sweats and weight loss (25 kg) in the last 12 months. The patient was under outpatient follow-up treatment in various sectors of the Santa Maria University … Show more

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“…Tuberculous tenosynovitis could be mistaken as a chronic tenosynovitis. Sternal tuberculosis may present as long standing chest pain [1] which could potentially lead to a very different clinical diagnosis. Back pain due to spinal tuberculosis usually results in a wide range of differential diagnosis.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tuberculous tenosynovitis could be mistaken as a chronic tenosynovitis. Sternal tuberculosis may present as long standing chest pain [1] which could potentially lead to a very different clinical diagnosis. Back pain due to spinal tuberculosis usually results in a wide range of differential diagnosis.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As a result, 76 articles[ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 ] were obtained, including 56 (73.7%) case reports,[ 1 3 4 5…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tubercular osteomyelitis of the sternum presents with local symptoms like swelling [1, 2, 4–7], discharge [2, 7, 8], or ulcer [4] with [4, 6, 8, 9] or without [3] associated pain. Systemic manifestations such as cough [5, 7], fever [1, 2, 5, 8], night sweats [68], weight loss [2, 58], malaise [6], and fatigue [6], even when reported, are generally less dramatic.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Systemic manifestations such as cough [5, 7], fever [1, 2, 5, 8], night sweats [68], weight loss [2, 58], malaise [6], and fatigue [6], even when reported, are generally less dramatic. Injury to the local site has been reported as a trigger in a few cases [7, 10].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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