Sternal tuberculosis and gynecomastia
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Sternal Tuberculosis
Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis constitutes 15-20% of total tuberculosis (TB) case load in immuno-competent patients. Affliction of the skeletal system is rare with still rarer presentation of sternal osteomyelitis even in endemic countries. A patient with primary sternal TB presenting with multiple cutaneous sinuses over the anterior chest wall is being reported. A high element of suspicion is ne...
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Copyright © 2007 Massachusetts Medical Society. During an evaluation for low back pain, a 67-year-old man is found to have gynecomastia on the right side that is nontender on palpation. Other than a body-mass index (the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) of 32, the physical examination is normal. His medical history is notable only for hyperlipidemia; his only me...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0022-3859
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.58934