Yonsei Med J.
1992 Dec;33(4):374-378. 10.3349/ymj.1992.33.4.374.
Tuberculosis of the ribs: a recurrent attack of rib caries
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2036547
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.1992.33.4.374
Abstract
- Rib tuberculosis is an extremely rare condition with the incidence not exceeding 3 percent of all skeletal tuberculosis. The authors experienced a recalcitrant case of pulmonary tuberculosis accompanied by chest wall cold abscesses involving ribs recurring at a new site in approximately 10 months despite of medical and surgical treatment. The patient has twice taken thoracotomy for abscess drainage and during the second thoracotomy, a partial resection of involved ribs was performed
