A Case of Hematogenous Tuberculosis of Skeletal Muscle / 대한내과학회지
Korean Journal of Medicine
;
: 563-567, 1998.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-71403
ABSTRACT
Tuberculosis infection of skeletal muscle is rare even in countries in which tuberculosis is a relatively common disease. Because tuberculosis of muscle is almost always secondary to underlying tuberculosis of the bone or adjacent joint, hematogenous tuberculosis of skeletal muscle is extremely rare. Therefore, We report a case of hematogenous tuberculosis of skeletal muscle with the review of literatures. A 79-year-old man presented with a history of left shoulder pain, edema, fever and chill. MRI showed inflammatory changes of infraspinatus and deltoid muscle. The histopathology of skeletal muscle showed granulomas surrounded by epithelioid cells and Langhans' giant cells. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was grown from the specimens of sputum, pleural fluid and muscle tissue. The patient improved on anti-tuberculosis treatment.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Sputum
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Tuberculosis
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Epithelioid Cells
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Giant Cells
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Muscle, Skeletal
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Shoulder Pain
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Edema
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Deltoid Muscle
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Fever
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medicine
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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