Disseminated Bone Tuberculosis
10.4055/jkoa.1979.14.4.669
- Author:
Kap Yop LEE
;
Hak Young KIM
;
Kwang Jin RHEE
;
Seung Ho YOUNE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adult;
Humans;
Shoulder;
Skeleton;
Tuberculosis;
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1979;14(4):669-673
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Disseminated bone tuberculosis is a rare manifestation of skeletal tuberculosis in adults in which cystlike lesions occur in the axial skeleton, shoulder, and pelvic girdles. Varied nomenclature applied to the entity of multiple cystic bone lesions in bone tuberculosis have been described in the literature. We experienced 2 cases of disseminated bone tuberculosis in adult.
