title: Skeletal muscle tuberculosis simultaneously involving multiple sites.
abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a public health problem in both developing and industrialized countries. TB of the skeletal muscle is very rare. We present a case of the simultaneous involvement of skeletal muscles in multiple sites in an 11-year-old immune-competent female patient. All physicians should have adequate knowledge of TB and awareness of its atypical presentations to ensure the proper management of such patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa, India.
authors.forename: Devdatta S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Neogi
authors.forename: Shivanand M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bandekar
authors.forename: Lokesh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chawla
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007194:India; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000382:microbiology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents