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A Retrospective Study on Endoscopic Surgery for the Treatment of Paravertebral Abscess in Spinal Tuberculosis Patients
Published on: October 25, 2024
Calvarial tuberculosis: two cases in children
Clemax Couto Sant'Anna1, Pedro Luiz Ferreira Perinei2, Ana Carolina Machado de Pessôa2
1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Medicina, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Abstract:
Tuberculosis of the skull or calvarial tuberculosis (CTB) is rare. The literature until 2019 reported less than 60 cases of CTB in childhood. The authors describe two patients with CTB associated with other manifestations of TB, such as: spine and rib injuries, peripheral adenopathy, hepatic and splenic involvement who improved with chemotherapy. The patients were a four-year-old and an eight-year-old child, whose diagnoses were confirmed by histopathological, bacteriological or molecular investigation. Both were not infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and did not need orthopedic treatment.
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