title: A rare case of primary tuberculous osteomyelitis of skull vault.
abstract: In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in number of reports involving uncommon sites involving in tuberculosis. Rise in number of HIV positive patients has made the scenario worse. Calvarial tuberculosis has beenreported very rarely in world literature till now. We are reporting a case of primary tuberculous osteomyelitis of frontal bone in a 15-year-old female. With prompt as well as careful diagnostic workup and treatment, we were able to halt the disease progression and excellent response to treatment was observed in follow up.
authors.forename: Gajendra
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Santosh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Devesh Pratap
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Vandana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohammad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013492:Suppuration / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents