tuberculosis (tb) has become a rare disease in the developed countries but it is still a seriousproblem in developing countries. incidence of tuberculous osteomyelitis of the jaw bones is verylow. this rare incidence is the primary reason that this lesion gets mis‑diagnosed many times. herewe report the diagnosis, treatment and follow‑up of a case, which is a classical presentation oftuberculou...

conclusion there are significant differences between vo by different microorganisms that help physician to start empirical medical treatment while waiting to definite diagnosis by blood culture, culture from paravertebral abscess, serology and bone biopsy. spinal osteomyelitis is an uncommon cause of back pain but it has potential to compromise nervous system and even death may occur if it is n...

Tuberculous osteomyelitis is an uncommon infection that usually involves the vertebrae. An otherwise healthy young man with a chronic discharging sinus on his right foot caused by tuberculous osteomyelitis is described. The risk factors, clinical features, radiological findings, and investigations of tuberculous osteomyelitis are briefly reviewed. Tuberculous osteomyelitis usually runs an insid...

Tuberculous osteomyelitis is an uncommon infection that usually involves the vertebrae. An otherwise healthy young man with a chronic discharging sinus on his right foot caused by tuberculous osteomyelitis is described. The risk factors, clinical features, radiological findings, and investigations of tuberculous osteomyelitis are briefly reviewed. Tuberculous osteomyelitis usually runs an insid...

Tuberculosis (TB) has become a rare disease in the developed countries but it is still a serious problem in developing countries. Incidence of tuberculous osteomyelitis of the jaw bones is very low. This rare incidence is the primary reason that this lesion gets mis-diagnosed many times. Here we report the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of a case, which is a classical presentation of tuberc...

Tuberculous osteomyelitis of mandible is an extremely rare condition, particularly in comparison to pyogenic infections and neoplastic diseases involving the mandible. Although a rare occurrence, the differential diagnosis of tuberculous osteomyelitis must always keep in dentist’s mind when the routine therapy fails to respond. Here, we report an unusual case of primary tubercular osteomyelitis...

Osteomyelitis is a bone infection caused by bacteria or other germs. Gram-positive cocci are the most common etiological organisms of calcaneal osteomyelitis; whereas, non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are rarely documented. We reported a case of NTM calcaneal osteomyelitis in a 51-year-old female patient. She had been previously treated in many local clinics with multiple local steroid inject...

Bone scan in diagnosis of infectious osteoarthritis  Bone scan with Technezium 99m is harmless methodoi evaluation of Skeletal lesions.It is safe 1n pedia­_ trics age group and it can be used in early diffe-rentiate osteomyelitis from cellulits sand also it may help in diagnosis of subsclinical  involvement of  eumatoid arthritis,benign and malignant bone  tumors stress fractures and periostit...

Tuberculous osteomyelitis which does not involve a joint is uncommon and may fail to be diagnosed by an orthopaedic surgeon. We treated 28 lesions of tuberculous osteomyelitis in 25 patients between 1988 and 1995. The duration of symptoms was from two to 39 months, and most of our patients had been treated initially with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs which failed to provide relief. Bone...