title: Sternal tuberculosis in an immunocompetent adult.
abstract: Skeletal tuberculosis accounts for 1-3% of patients with mycobacterial infection. Any bone can be a site for tuberculosis, but sternum involvement is quite rare. We report the case of a 37-year-old woman admitted because of chest pain and increased swelling over the anterior chest. She was immunocompetent and had no systemic features. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the sternum without active pulmonary disease. Conservative management with oral multidrug antituberculous therapy completely cured the patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Charles Nicolle's Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia. eyacherif@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Eya
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cherif
authors.forename: Lamia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ben Hassine
authors.forename: Imen
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boukhris
authors.forename: Narjess
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khalfallah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013249:Sternum / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents