title: Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis: A case report.
abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) of the musculoskeletal system is a rare clinical condition. Multifocal bone involvement is extremely rare and difficult to recognize. Thus, due to the diverse and atypical clinical manifestations of multifocal skeletal TB, the disease is easy to misdiagnose. In the present study, a rare case of atypical disseminated multifocal skeletal TB was reported, which exhibited uncommon findings in radiological images that were more suggestive of a hematological malignancy or metastatic disease. In conclusion, the diagnosis of this condition by conventional diagnostic methods is challenging. The importance of CT-guided needle biopsy and open biopsy in the diagnosis of skeletal TB was emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jingcheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xinmin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yuping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jiandong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Shenfei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Subei People's Hospital of Jiangsu, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cai
keywords: multifocal; skeletal tuberculosis; vertebral