Tuberculosis of the ribs: a recurrent attack of rib caries.
Rib tuberculosis is an extremely rare condition with the incidence not exceeding 3 percent of all skeletal tuberculosis. The authors experienced a recalcitrant case of pulmonary tuberculosis accompanied by chest wall cold abscesses involving ribs recurring at a new site in approximately 10 months despite of medical and surgical treatment. The patient has twice taken thoracotomy for abscess drainage and during the second thoracotomy, a partial resection of involved ribs was performed.
Chang
J H
JH
Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
S K
SK
Kim
S K
SK
Chung
K Y
KY
Shin
D H
DH
Joo
S H
SH
Choe
K O
KO
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology