Soft tissue mass of the chest wall as the sole manifestation of brucellosis in a 7-year-old boy.
We report the case of a child who presented with a subcutaneous mass on the left side of the chest wall of one month's duration. The mass was painful and increasing in size over time. He had a history of weight loss and a decrease in appetite, but no history of fever or trauma. He had ingested raw camel milk, but had no history of contact with animals. He was diagnosed by the standard tube agglutination titer and tissue culture for brucellosis, treated with surgery and three months of antibrucella antibiotics. The report includes a brief review of the current pediatric literature to familiarize pediatricians with this uncommon presentation.
Department of Pediatrics, Armed Forces Hospital, Southern Region, Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia. drmza-yed2000@yahoo.com
Mohammed S
MS
Al-Ayed
Ibrahim Z
IZ
Bin-Hussain
Sami
S
Al Hajjar
Saleh
S
Al Nassar
D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001066:Appetite; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002162:Camelus; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000473:pathology*; D015431:Weight Loss
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
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