Background: The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) has increased in recent years in both developed and developing countries. Skeletal tuberculosis occurs in approximately 1% of patients with tuberculosis. The present study aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of skeletal tuberculosis in Golestan province in northeastern Iran during 2005-2014.Methods: In the present retrospective study, the epidemiolo...

multifocal skeletal tuberculosis in not uncommon in the countries with tuberculosis. the clinical onest is insidious and sometimes nonspecific, resulting in delay or misdiagnosis. bone scan appearance is presented in some reports, as multiple abnormal accumulations of tracer. this report describes an unusual presentation of multifocal skeletal tuberculosis.

Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis in not uncommon in the countries with tuberculosis. The clinical onest is insidious and sometimes nonspecific, resulting in delay or misdiagnosis. Bone scan appearance is presented in some reports, as multiple abnormal accumulations of tracer. This report describes an unusual presentation of multifocal skeletal tuberculosis.

conclusions a high index of suspicion is required for the early diagnosis and prompt treatment of patients with osseous tuberculosis. given the high prevalence of tuberculosis in developing countries, tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of multifocal lytic lesions and vertebra plana, especially in children. introduction multifocal skeletal tuberculosis is a rare cond...

Tubercular spondylitis is a common extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis. It accounts for 50% skeletal tuberculosis.[1] In most cases, associated symptoms are not so unique as to immediately indicate the proper diagnosis. Differentiating spinal tuberculosis from pyogenic osteomyelitis often very difficult, and metastatic lesion systemic malignancy other major entity which must be differe...

Tuberculosis is a systemic disease which involves skeletal and articular system very rarely. Osteoarticular tuberculosis commonly occurs in the vertebral column and more rarely in the sacroiliac joints. In this study, we report a 44-years-old male patient with low-grade fever, malabsorption syndrome, abdominal and pelvic ascites and low-back pain, that underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT for identifying t...

Infectious diseases usually affect the sacroiliac joint unilaterally. Out of all tuberculosis cases, bone is reported in 3-5% cases. The purpose this case report to draw attention diagnostic challenge bilateral tuberculous sacroiliitis with psoas abscess, as clinical picture very rare. Tuberculosis often missed due vague symptoms. More often, patients are examined supine position, thereby overl...

introduction tuberculosis of the foot is an unusual type of skeletal tuberculosis. case presentation we report on an eighty-six-year-old woman, who presented pain and purulent discharge from the right foot for 10 months. the final diagnosis was confirmed with a culture of mycobacterium tuberculosis. discussion diagnosis of this form of tuberculosis is established with some delay due to the unco...