title: Tumor-like tuberculosis of the sacrum.
abstract: Isolated tuberculosis of the sacrum in a 43-year-old woman manifested as functional impairment of the right lower limb. Sacral tuberculosis is rare in patients with no history of tuberculosis. Another unusual feature was the tumor-like aspect of the lesion, with diffuse, ill-defined osteolysis of a large part of the sacrum and extension to the presacral soft tissues responsible for rectal displacement.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurochirurgie, h pital Avicenne, Rabat-Instituts, Maroc.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lmejjati
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maaqili
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: El Abbadi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bellakhdar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin