An unusual vertical swelling over the back
Skeletal tuberculosis (TB) accounts for 1%–2% of all types of TB. The most common form of skeletal TB is Pott's disease, a disease of the spine; this entity comprises approximately half of skeletal TB cases. Tuberculous cold abscess can present as swelling on the back usually originating from t...
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| description | Skeletal tuberculosis (TB) accounts for 1%–2% of all types of TB. The most common form of skeletal TB is Pott's disease, a disease of the spine; this entity comprises approximately half of skeletal TB cases. Tuberculous cold abscess can present as swelling on the back usually originating from the thoracic spine. Herewith is presented a rare case presentation of a patient who presented with a vertical swelling over the paraspinal region who on evaluation was found to have a cold abscess of tuberculous etiology arising from the ribs and tracking down the paraspinal region. This case is presented here for its rarity being a primary chest wall TB with no pulmonary involvement. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-34c46fdc0b2e4ed7b1b8a8cc054a4f6e2025-08-20T02:24:04ZengSAGE PublishingApollo Medicine0976-00162213-36822019-01-0116319619810.4103/am.am_56_18An unusual vertical swelling over the backVinod Kumar ViswanathanSkeletal tuberculosis (TB) accounts for 1%–2% of all types of TB. The most common form of skeletal TB is Pott's disease, a disease of the spine; this entity comprises approximately half of skeletal TB cases. Tuberculous cold abscess can present as swelling on the back usually originating from the thoracic spine. Herewith is presented a rare case presentation of a patient who presented with a vertical swelling over the paraspinal region who on evaluation was found to have a cold abscess of tuberculous etiology arising from the ribs and tracking down the paraspinal region. This case is presented here for its rarity being a primary chest wall TB with no pulmonary involvement.http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2019;volume=16;issue=3;spage=196;epage=198;aulast=Viswanathanchest wall tuberculosiscold abscessskeletal tuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Vinod Kumar Viswanathan An unusual vertical swelling over the back Apollo Medicine chest wall tuberculosis cold abscess skeletal tuberculosis |
| title | An unusual vertical swelling over the back |
| title_full | An unusual vertical swelling over the back |
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| title_short | An unusual vertical swelling over the back |
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| topic | chest wall tuberculosis cold abscess skeletal tuberculosis |
| url | http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2019;volume=16;issue=3;spage=196;epage=198;aulast=Viswanathan |
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