title: Clavicular tuberculosis following trivial trauma.
abstract: Tuberculosis of the clavicular bone is a very rare clinical entity, with limited cases reported in the United States. Furthermore, sparing of the sternoclavicular joint is exceedingly unusual. A literature review of the prevalence of clavicular tuberculosis identified fewer than 80 cases reported since the discovery of the tubercular bacillus, over a century ago. To our knowledge, there have been no cases reported over the last decade in the United States. A rare case of tuberculous osteomyelitis of the clavicle in an immunocompetent patient who presented with swelling of the upper chest is reported.
authors: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. rubalmd04@yahoo.com
authors: Rubal
authors: R
authors: Patel
authors: Sagar
authors: S
authors: Naik
authors: Boris
authors: B
authors: Melnikau
authors: Viswanathan
authors: V
authors: Nagarajan
authors: Liziamma
authors: L
authors: George
authors: Aristid Earle
authors: AE
authors: Lindenmayer
authors: Steven
authors: S
authors: Colby
authors: Natalya
authors: N
authors: Goldshteyn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002968:Clavicle / Q000293:injuries / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents