title: A childhood case of spinal tuberculosis misdiagnosed as muscular dystrophy.
abstract: Tuberculosis is primarily a pulmonary disease, but extra-pulmonary manifestations are not uncommon, especially in children and adolescents. Ten percent of extra pulmonary tuberculosis localizes to the bones and joints, and 56% of such cases affect the spine. We treated a childhood case of spinal tuberculosis misdiagnosed as muscular dystrophy in a patient without specific constitutional symptoms. We report this case because the patient had an unusual presentation of spinal tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Doo Il
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Su Ye
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Yun Kyung
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: So Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Eun
authors.forename: Young Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Rhie
authors.forename: Gi Young
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Chan Wook
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Byung Min
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jung Hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Bo Kyung
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Je