title: Extensive calvarial tuberculosis presenting as exophytic ulcerated growth on scalp in an infant: an interesting case report with review of literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Extrapulmonary skeletal involvement of calvarium in tuberculosis is very uncommon and presentation in an infant has never been reported. It usually presents as a painless scalp swelling, often with a discharging sinus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We report here a case of extensive calvarial tuberculosis seen in an infant presenting as exophytic ulcerated growth on the scalp. Differential diagnosis, neuroimaging, and management issues with pertinent literature are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.|Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Pankaj
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dawar
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India. drdeepakgupta@gmail.com.|Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, New Delhi, India. drdeepakgupta@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Deepak Kumar
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.|Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Bhawani Shankar
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.|Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Aruselvi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jyakumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Shivanand
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gamanagatti
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology*; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
keywords: Calvarial tuberculosis; Calvarium; Exophytic ulcerated growth; Skull tuberculosis