title: Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis presenting as paraplegia: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tuberculosis of the musculoskeletal system is not a common clinical condition; however, multifocal bone involvement is even rarer and difficult to recognize.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this paper, we presented a patient who developed paraplegia 15 days before his hospital admission. He was operated by neurosurgeons due to spinal mass, but postoperative examination revealed vertebral and multifocal skeletal tuberculosis. It is difficult to diagnose this condition by conventional imaging methods. The importance of positron emission tomography (PET) in the diagnosis of skeletal tuberculosis was emphasized.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The importance of rehabilitation program in restoring functionality was overviewed in the light of current literature. Vertebral and osteoarticular tuberculosis should be considered in patients with vertebral and thoracic mass presenting with neurological deficits.
authors: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gaziantep University Research Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Gur
authors: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gaziantep University Research Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors: Ozlem
authors: O
authors: Altindag
authors: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gaziantep University Research Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors: Hilal
authors: H
authors: Karagullu
authors: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gaziantep University Research Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors: Irfan
authors: I
authors: Koca
authors: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gaziantep University Research Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey.
authors: Ercan
authors: E
authors: Madenci
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Skeletal tuberculosis; positron emission tomography; spinal cord injury