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http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2010.53.5.657

A childhood case of spinal tuberculosis misdiagnosed as muscular dystrophy  

Song, Doo-Il (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Sohn, Su-Ye (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Kim, Yun-Kyung (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Eun, So-Hee (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Rhie, Young-Jun (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Jang, Gi-Young (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Woo, Chan-Wook (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Choi, Byung-Min (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Lee, Jung-Hwa (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University)
Je, Bo-Kyung (Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Korea University)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.53, no.5, 2010 , pp. 657-660 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Spinal tuberculosis; Neurologic manifestations; Muscular dystrophy; Children;
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