title: Tuberculosis of bilateral first costotransverse joints.
abstract: Involvement of posterior spine constitutes to 1-6% of the cases of spinal tuberculosis (TB). To the best of our knowledge, TB of costotransverse joints has only been reported once in the literature. The purpose of this study is to describe a case of TB arthritis of costotransverse joints. A 22-year-old immunocompetent patient presented with a 3-month history of pain in the neck and upper back along with a swelling on the left side of the base of the neck. On performing an MRI of the cervicodorsal spine, there was evidence of destructive collections at the bilateral first and right-sided second costotransverse joints. The patient was diagnosed as a case of tubercular pathology and was managed successfully with antitubercular chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, PGIMER, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Mayank
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Vijay Kumar
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Ananta Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: Rajendera Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Arya
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal; D055815:Young Adult
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