title: Disseminated tuberculous myositis in a child with acute myelogenous leukemia.
abstract: Tuberculous myositis is extremely rare, even in immunocompromised hosts. We present a case of disseminated tuberculous myositis in a girl with secondary acute myelogenous Leukemia following successful chemotherapy for undifferentiated sarcoma of the maxillary sinus. The diagnosis was established by direct visualization of acid-fast bacilli in the biopsied nodule and by typical pathologic findings. Three weeks after initiation of antituberculosis treatment, the patient experienced both clinical and radiologic improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yu-Chieh
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jiunn-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sheen
authors.forename: Li-Tung
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Kuan-Sheng
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chih-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hsiao
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications*