Calvarial tuberculosis

J Paediatr Child Health. 1999 Apr;35(2):221-2. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1999.t01-1-00309.x.

Abstract

We report a six-year-old boy who presented with swelling of the forehead, and had calvarial tuberculosis, a rare form of tuberculous osteitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Child
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Frontal Bone*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents