A 12-Month-Old Boy with a Soft Mass Over His Left 10th Rib

Balcı, Yasemin Işık; Akpinar, Funda; Fırıncı, Fatih; Özdemir, Emine; Mete, Emin; Cevahir, Nural; Polat, Azız

doi:10.3928/00904481-20151112-05

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“…TB of the rib cage is an unusual form and occurs by direct inoculation from the lymph nodes or via hematogenous dissemination [6,8]. It represents 1-5% of the cases of musculoskeletal tuberculosis and about 1-2% of all cases of TB infection [9]. It is twice more frequent in men than in women, and is more frequent in the age range 15-30 years.…”

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Tuberculosis of the ribcage by dissemination of Koch bacilli

Saldaña¹,

Trujillo²,

Morales

et al. 2022

J Infect Dev Ctries

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Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious, transmissible and immune disease caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis-complex (MTBC). Although osteoarticular tuberculosis (OATB) has been widely described, the ribcage variety remains a rare form. Case report: A thirteen-month-old male and a twenty-month-old female, both with pain and increased volume of anterolateral left rib cage were described. Physical examination revealed the presence of a soft consistent mass at the level of the 9th and 5th costal arches in the male and female patients respectively. Upon clinical evaluation, tuberculosis was suspected, which was confirmed by X-ray and histopathological studies. After confirmation, the management, based on anti-tuberculosis therapy was started as follows: nine months of anti-tuberculosis therapy for the male patient and fourteen months for the female. The outcomes were favorable for both patients. However, further interventions, consisting of abscess drainage in the male patient and excisional biopsy in the female patient were necessary. With these therapeutic interventions, to date, the patients are without any evidence of active TB.

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Tuberculosis of the ribcage by dissemination of Koch bacilli

Saldaña¹,

Trujillo²,

Morales

et al. 2022

J Infect Dev Ctries

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“…The culture however did not yield a growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Negative culture of TB of rib is common according to the literature 1 . Chest x-ray taken after three months of treatment identified new bone formation and reduction of size of the necrotic rib centre compatible with resolving TB.…”

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“…A mass with deep attachments however, is suspicious of neoplastic origin. An isolated chest wall mass of tuberculous origin in a healthy baby with normal BCG scar is extremely rare according to the literature 1 .…”

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Toddler with isolated rib tuberculosis

Ranawaka

Gunaratne

et al. 2018

Sri Lanka J Child Health

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A 12-Month-Old Boy with a Soft Mass Over His Left 10th Rib

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Tuberculosis of the ribcage by dissemination of Koch bacilli

Tuberculosis of the ribcage by dissemination of Koch bacilli

Toddler with isolated rib tuberculosis

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