Tuberculosis manifesting as multifocal lytic cortical lesions in the femur.
Tuberculosis remains a major international health problem despite advances in radiological diagnosis and antituberculous therapy. Disseminated tuberculous infection affecting a single bone and manifested as multifocal lytic cortical lesions is rare and unusual. We report on a 50-year-old man with multifocal involvement of the femur by tuberculosis and demonstrate positive reaction using tuberculosis-polymerase chain reaction on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded histological specimens.
Park
Yong-Koo
YK
Department of Pathology, Kyung Hee University Hospital, #1 Hoeki-Dong, Dongdaemoon-Gu, 130-702, Seoul, Korea. ykpark@khmc.or.kr
Park
Ji Seon
JS
Han
Chung-Soo
CS
D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005269:Femur / Q000473:pathology; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology