Tuberculosis of the Sternum

Ashour, Mahmoud; Pandya, Lalit

doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1990.57

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“…Continued. Ashour & Pandya (1990) in the literature have systemic symptoms, including fever, weight loss and night sweats. While surgery is often performed in patients with secondary sternal TB, this is not the case for patients with primary sternal TB.…”

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Primary sternal tuberculosis: a case report and review of the literature

2014

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Introduction: Primary sternal osteomyelitis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Case presentation: We present a case of isolated sternal tuberculosis and review the demographic, clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic features of 32 published cases found in a systematic review of the literature. Patients with primary sternal osteomyelitis due to M. tuberculosis are often young and have no co-morbidity. Diagnosis is frequently delayed. Common symptoms and signs are local swelling and a discharging sinus tract. Patients frequently have at least one systemic symptom, including fever, weight loss and night sweats. Our case and half of those found in the literature review were successfully treated with antituberculous drugs alone. Conclusion: Treatment concepts for primary sternal tuberculosis are not established and are often derived from those of osteoarticular tuberculosis. These data point towards an interdisciplinary concept without surgery.

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Primary sternal tuberculosis: a case report and review of the literature

2014

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Sternal Osteomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis: case Report and Review of the Literature

McLellan¹,

Philips²,

Corbett³

et al. 2000

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences

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Primary Sternal Osteomyelitis and Septicaemia due to Staphylococcus aureus

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Guerin²,

Leibinger³

et al. 1999

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

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Primary sternal osteomyelitis is rare in these recent decades. Only scattered cases have been reported, most of them in intravenous drug users. We report the case of an 88-y-old woman who presented a primary sternal infection due to Staphylococcus aureus associated with secondary septicaemia. The only predisposing factor was radiotherapy for a malignant tumour of the right mammary gland 20 y ago. Diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic management are briefly discussed.

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Tuberculosis of the Sternum

Abstract: Tuberculosis of the sternum is a rare clinical entity. We describe two cases of sternal tuberculosis, one of which presented with pathologic fracture of the sternum and the other with a cold abscess in the midsternal zone.

Cited by 7 publications

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Primary sternal tuberculosis: a case report and review of the literature

Primary sternal tuberculosis: a case report and review of the literature

Sternal Osteomyelitis Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis: case Report and Review of the Literature

Primary Sternal Osteomyelitis and Septicaemia due to Staphylococcus aureus

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