Diagnostic issues in tuberculosis of the ribs with a review of 12 surgically proven cases

Respirology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-253

  Chang, Jung H ^a  

^a Mokdong Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Rib resection; Rib tuberculosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RIB; RIB RESECTION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX WALL; THORAX WALL TUMOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 0032854298     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.1999.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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