Calvarial Tuberculosis in a Preschool-Aged Child An uncommon entity
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2017, Vol 17, Issue 4
Abstract
Calvarial tuberculosis is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis, especially in children under fve years of age. We report a two-and-a-half-year-old male child who presented to the Nilratan Sircar Medical College, Kolkata, India, in 2015 with frontoparietal fluctuant swelling of three months’ duration. He had also had chronic sinus discharge from the left lower eyelid over the previous six months. Computed tomography of the head revealed a frontal swelling along with erosion of both the outer and inner plates of the left frontal bone. Fine needle aspiration of the pus indicated the presence of acid-fast bacilli. Unfortunately, no primary focus of tuberculosis could be established. Te patient improved after one year of antitubercular therapy without requiring any surgical intervention and with no sign of subsequent disease recurrence.
Authors and Affiliations
Avradip Santra| Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Kolkata Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Arya Sen| Department of Pathology, Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, Atri Chatterjee| Department of Neurology, AMRI Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- DOI 10.18295/squmj.2017.17.04.020
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