Clavicular tuberculosis following trivial trauma.
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.
Patel
Rubal
R
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY. rubalmd04@yahoo.com
Naik
Sagar
S
Melnikau
Boris
B
Nagarajan
Viswanathan
V
George
Liziamma
L
Lindenmayer
Aristid Earle
AE
Colby
Steven
S
Goldshteyn
Natalya
N
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
D000995:Antitubercular Agents