A childhood case of spinal tuberculosis misdiagnosed as muscular dystrophy.
10.3345/kjp.2010.53.5.657
- Author:
Doo Il SONG
1
;
Su Ye SOHN
;
Yun Kyung KIM
;
So Hee EUN
;
Young Jun RHIE
;
Gi Young JANG
;
Chan Wook WOO
;
Byung Min CHOI
;
Jung Hwa LEE
;
Bo Kyung JE
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. byelhana@korea.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Spinal tuberculosis;
Neurologic manifestations;
Muscular dystrophy;
Children
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Child;
Humans;
Joints;
Lung Diseases;
Muscular Dystrophies;
Neurologic Manifestations;
Spine;
Tuberculosis;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary;
Tuberculosis, Spinal
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2010;53(5):657-660
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Tuberculosis is primarily a pulmonary disease, but extra-pulmonary manifestations are not uncommon, especially in children and adolescents. Ten percent of extra pulmonary tuberculosis localizes to the bones and joints, and 56% of such cases affect the spine. We treated a childhood case of spinal tuberculosis misdiagnosed as muscular dystrophy in a patient without specific constitutional symptoms. We report this case because the patient had an unusual presentation of spinal tuberculosis.
