Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Multifocal Skeletal Tuberculosis

"Skeletal tuberculosis is thought to occur secondary to lymphohematogenous dissemination to the skeleton at the time of initial pulmonary infection.[1] There may be no radiographic evidence of pulmonary involvement in about 50% of patients.[2] Clinical and radiographic presentation of skeletal tuberculosis in patients from endemic areas differs from that of individuals from nonendemic areas.[3]"

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