title: Primary skeletal muscle tuberculosis at an unusual site.
abstract: Tuberculosis can involve virtually any organ and it manifests itself in various forms. The selective involvement of muscles by a tuberculous process without coexisting active skeletal or extraskeletal tuberculosis is very rarely seen. A case of isolated tuberculosis of the biceps brachii muscle without any evident primary focus revealed as an intramuscular mass in a 37 years old immunocompetent female is presented. Diagnosis was established by histology and acid fast stain culture. The patient showed marked improvement with a standard four drug regimen with no evidence of disease activity at the four year follow up. This rare case is presented with review of literature.
authors.affiliation: Baltalimani Bone Diseases and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. dr_samis@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sökücü
authors.forename: Sinem Nedime
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Sökücü
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kabukçuoglu
authors.forename: Fevziye
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kabukçuoglu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001132:Arm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents