title: Tuberculosis of the ribs: a recurrent attack of rib caries.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Joo
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Choe
mesh_terms: 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