Skeletal tuberculosis: Dactylitis and involvement of the skull

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dc.contributor.authorWessels G.
dc.contributor.authorHesseling P.B.
dc.contributor.authorBeyers N.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:17:43Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:17:43Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractA re-emergence of tuberculosis (TB) is occurring world wide in both developed and developing countries. The clinical picture caused by infection with M. tuberculosis may simulate many other disease entities and may result in unnecessary investigations with a delay in diagnosis and treatment. Skeletal TB tends to be isolated to one anatomical site. We report a 6-year-old boy with disseminated skeletal TB with dactylitis resembling sickle cell anaemia and lytic lesions similar to those which are often seen in neuroblastoma, Langerhans' cell histiocytosis and leukaemia. The clinician should be aware that TB can mimic almost any disease and recognise the radiographic appearances of skeletal tuberculous lesions.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationPediatric Radiology
dc.identifier.citation28
dc.identifier.citation4
dc.identifier.issn03010449
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s002470050339
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14338
dc.subjecttuberculostatic agent
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectbone radiography
dc.subjectbone scintiscanning
dc.subjectcase report
dc.subjectclinical feature
dc.subjecthistiocytosis
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectlangerhans cell
dc.subjectleukemia
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmycobacterium tuberculosis
dc.subjectneuroblastoma
dc.subjectpreschool child
dc.subjectpriority journal
dc.subjectsickle cell anemia
dc.subjectskull
dc.subjectthorax radiography
dc.subjecttuberculous osteomyelitis
dc.subjectArthritis, Infectious
dc.subjectDiagnosis, Differential
dc.subjectFingers
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectInfant
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectSkull
dc.subjectTuberculosis, Osteoarticular
dc.titleSkeletal tuberculosis: Dactylitis and involvement of the skull
dc.typeArticle
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