title: Pulmonary tuberculosis with multifocal skeletal involvement.
abstract: Skeletal tuberculosis accounts for 1-5% of all tuberculosis infections. Of these infections, 50% involve the vertebral column and only 0-5% involve ribs. Rib tuberculosis is seen in only 0.1% of all tuberculosis infections. Skeletal tuberculosis is localised to a single site in 90-95% of reported cases. Multifocal involvement is uncommon and is usually associated with disseminated disease. We present a case of pulmonary tuberculosis associated with multifocal skeletal involvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. akaya@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Topu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fitoz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Numanoglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging