Multifocal osseous tuberculosis involving hand and feet.
A rare case of multifocal cystic tuberculosis of hands and feet is presented in an adolescent female. The presence of multiple lytic areas mimicked secondary metastases and biopsy remained the mainstay for final diagnosis.
Amin
Muhammad Umar
MU
Department of Radiology, Combined Military Hospital, Bahawalpur. umar1971@hotmail.com
Shafique
Mobeen
M
Mahmood
Rabia
R
Ali
Liaquat
L
Nadeem
Ahmed
A
Anees
D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005529:Foot Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D050276:Hand Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis*