Tuberculosis manifesting as multifocal lytic cortical lesions in the femur

Authors: Park, Yong-Koo¹; Park, Ji²; Han, Chung-Soo³

Source: Skeletal Radiology, Volume 33, Number 4, April 2004 , pp. 244-247(4)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Tuberculosis remains a major international health problem despite advances in radiological diagnosis and antituberculous therapy. Disseminated tuberculous infection affecting a single bone and manifested as multifocal lytic cortical lesions is rare and unusual. We report on a 50-year-old man with multifocal involvement of the femur by tuberculosis and demonstrate positive reaction using tuberculosis-polymerase chain reaction on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded histological specimens.

Keywords: Femur; Multifocal; Tuberculosis; Radiographs; MRI

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00256-003-0714-1

Affiliations: 1: Department of Pathology, Kyung Hee University Hospital, #1 Hoeki-Dong, Dongdaemoon-Gu, 130-702, Seoul, Korea, Email: ykpark@khmc.or.kr 2: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 3: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea,

Publication date: 2004-04-01