Introduction/Objectives. Bone and soft tissue infections might mimic bone tumors. Therefore, differential diagnosis is important to prevent errors in treatment. This report aims present the data of patients with indistinct clinical radiological findings mimicking benign malignant tumors, which were later diagnosed as inflammatory infections. Methods. A retrospective chart review clinical, micro...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is considered an emerging disease worldwide; in the last 10 years, its incidence has increased to more than 9.6 million cases of active tuberculosis. In 2014, it resulted in 1.5 million patient deaths. However, oral presentation with bone involvement occurs in less than 3% of all reported cases and rarely arouses clinical suspicion on initial presentation. CASE PRESENT...

Introduction Osteomyelitis is rarely caused by fungi, most common among them being Candida. Aspergillus is a rare cause of fungal osteomyelitis mimics tuberculous osteomyelitis. Aspergillus osteomyelitis (AO) of the ribs is relatively uncommon, with an incidence rate of only 9% among all reported cases of AO. With mortality rates of almost 25%, AO is on the rise attributed to increasing numbers...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective clinical series. PURPOSE To assess whether titanium cages are an effective alternative to tricortical iliac crest bone graft for anterior column reconstruction in patients with active pyogenic and tuberculous spondylodiscitis. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE The use of metal cages for anterior column reconstruction in patients with active spinal infections, though describe...

We present the case of a 28 year old patient who came for consultation on a fever of up to 40.8 degrees C, pleuritic pain on the right side and the appearance of a painful mass in the lower left extremity of four days evolution. Computerised axial tomography (CAT) showed the existence of a condensation in the middle lobe of the right lung with associated pleural effusion and bilateral miliary p...

Tuberculosis is considered as ubiquitous disease as it involves any organ, but primary involvement of abdominal muscles is very rare. In most cases, the muscle involvement is secondary and is caused by either hematogenous route or direct inoculation from a tuberculous abdominal lymph node or extension from underlying tubercular synovitis and osteomyelitis. Autopsy studies have shown abdominal w...