Active pulmonary tuberculosis with vertebra and rib involvement: Case report

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-173

  Özol, Duygu ^a   Köktener, Asli ^a   Uyar, Mehtap E ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone involvement; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPITHELIOID CELL; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOSIS; RIB; SARCOIDOSIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; VERTEBRA; BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; THORAX SURGERY; TUBERCULOUS ARTHRITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RIBS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 33644982029     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000198642.28149.94     Document Type: Article

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