[Chest wall tuberculosis: report of 3 cases].
Despite the dramatic decline in the incidence of tuberculosis during the last decades, the disease remains a significant public health problem especially in developing countries. Chest wall tuberculosis is a very rare location. Clinically, it can present as a pyogenic abscess or soft tumor, making diagnosis difficult, particularly in the absence of warning signs. Optimal therapeutic management is controversial. Medical treatment alone in often insufficient and must be associated with a surgical excision or debridement.
Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital militaire Avicenne, BP 40000, Marrakech, Maroc. Electronic address: zidaneaf@yahoo.fr.
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Zidane
Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital militaire Avicenne, BP 40000, Marrakech, Maroc.
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Bakzaza
Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital militaire Avicenne, BP 40000, Marrakech, Maroc.
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Afandi
Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital militaire Avicenne, BP 40000, Marrakech, Maroc.
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Baiz
Service de chirurgie thoracique, hôpital militaire Avicenne, BP 40000, Marrakech, Maroc.
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Chafik
D000328:Adult; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
Chest wall; Chirurgie; Paroi thoracique; Surgery; Tuberculose; Tuberculosis