Korean J Pediatr.
2010 May;53(5):657-660. 10.3345/kjp.2010.53.5.657.
A childhood case of spinal tuberculosis misdiagnosed as muscular dystrophy
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. byelhana@korea.ac.kr
- 2Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2042071
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2010.53.5.657
Abstract
- Tuberculosis is primarily a pulmonary disease, but extra-pulmonary manifestations are not uncommon, especially in children and adolescents. Ten percent of extra pulmonary tuberculosis localizes to the bones and joints, and 56% of such cases affect the spine. We treated a childhood case of spinal tuberculosis misdiagnosed as muscular dystrophy in a patient without specific constitutional symptoms. We report this case because the patient had an unusual presentation of spinal tuberculosis.
