title: Isolated tuberculosis of the vastus lateralis muscle: a case report.
abstract: Tuberculosis is 1 of the most deadly diseases in the world. With an increase in the incidence of HIV worldwide, tubercular infections at unusual sites are being reported. Skeletal muscle tuberculosis without bony involvement is an extremely rare presentation of tuberculosis. A case of isolated tuberculosis of the vastus lateralis muscle without any evident primary focus in a 30-y-old immunocompetent female is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. vivektrikha@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Trikha
authors.forename: Manish Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Varshney
authors.forename: Shishir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rastogi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D052097:Quadriceps Muscle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents