title: Tuberculosis of sternum: three cases with different presentations.
abstract: Sternum is resistant to infections and thus infrequent site of osteomyelitis. Involvement of sternum by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is rare. We report case of 37-year-old male with isolated tuberculosis of the sternum, a 14-year-old girl with tuberculosis of the sternum and Potts spine and a 55-year-old male with tubercular sinus of the sternum, three different presentations of the same disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029.
authors.forename: Ambar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khaira
authors.forename: Deepa Dash
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Khaira
authors.forename: Ankur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Deepankar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bhowmik
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.forename: Suresh Chandra
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Tiwari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013249:Sternum; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis*