Bone Tuberculosis: Rare Condition Among Infants

Abstract


 
 
 
 Bone tuberculosis in infancy has become rare these days. Here we report a case of 12 months old male infant who had presented with complaints of fever and skin rash for one month, along with protuberance of toe joint for 15 days. He was being treated with antibiotics, vitamin D and calcium without improvement. Further investigations led to mycobacterium positivity in bone biopsy. He was treated with anti-tubercular therapy and he responded to the treatment dramatically. So, though rare, it is important to consider bone tuberculosis when there are bony issues even in infancy, especially in endemic regions like ours.
 
 
 

Pott’s Paraplegia in a 2 Years Female: A Rare Presentation at an Early Age

“…However, data on the pediatric population with paraplegia is lacking and more research is needed for knowing about the incidence of Pott's paraplegia in children. Similarly, the article by Bastola et al mentions that it requires at least one year to have the onset of symptoms of osteoarticular tuberculosis from the time of primary infection and the mean age at diagnosis is 1.9 years [ 18 ]. Hence, it is extremely rare to have a severe form of disease very early in this age group.…”