Calvarial tuberculosis

Abstract

A high index of suspicion and awareness of this condition may lead to more cases being diagnosed early. Surgery may be avoided in selected cases that can be treated primarily with antitubercular therapy.

Tubercular Osteomyelitis of Skull : A Case Report

“…Though some cases may respond to ATT only [5,19]. Jadhav, Palande, Mukherjee et al [14,15], did not have any problem with primary closure of the wound, but in our patient the wound did not heal primarily, though it finally healed with antitubercular treatment. ATT has been recommended for 18-24 months [3,13,14] but oneyear course has also been found adequate [19].…”

Multifocal Calvarial Tuberculosis: A Rare Presentation

“…Owing to the highly necrotic nature of some specimens, ZN staining as well as culture may not yield TB bacilli. 4,8 and sometimes diagnosis is possible only after surgery. 9 In such cases CBNAAT could be immensely useful in arriving at an early, accurate diagnosis.…”

Ostéite tuberculeuse de l’os frontal simulant une métastase lytique d’un carcinome papillaire de la thyroïde : à propos d’un cas

“…Elle connaît une recrudescence mondiale avec l'émergence du syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise. Dans sa localisation osseuse, l'atteinte tuberculeuse crânienne est très rare et ne dépasse pas les 1,3 % de toutes les ostéites tuberculeuses [2,3]. Cette extrême rareté est vraisemblablement liée à la faible vascularisation de cette région et au caractère pauci lymphatique de la voûte du crâne.…”