Tuberculosis of the ribs: a recurrent attack of rib caries.
10.3349/ymj.1992.33.4.374
- Author:
Jung Hyun CHANG
1
;
Sung Kyu KIM
;
Se Kyu KIM
;
Kyung Young CHUNG
;
Dong Hwan SHIN
;
Suck Hyun JOO
;
Kyu Ok CHOE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Rib tuberculosis;
thoracotomy
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Case Report;
Human;
Male;
Radiography, Thoracic;
Recurrence;
Ribs/pathology/*radiography/radionuclide imaging;
Thoracotomy;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular/pathology/*radiography/radionuclide imaging
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1992;33(4):374-378
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Rib tuberculosis is an extremely rare condition with the incidence not exceeding 3 percent of all skeletal tuberculosis. The authors experienced a recalcitrant case of pulmonary tuberculosis accompanied by chest wall cold abscesses involving ribs recurring at a new site in approximately 10 months despite of medical and surgical treatment. The patient has twice taken thoracotomy for abscess drainage and during the second thoracotomy, a partial resection of involved ribs was performed
